3 full Saudi fighter brigades surrender to Houthis as they attack Yemen's Red Sea coast: Report

Three full brigades of Saudi Arabia-backed forces surrendered across the Hays, Al-Mokha, Al-Khokha and Taiz fronts as Iran-backed Houthi rebels moved to capture Yemen's Red Sea coast near the strategically important Bab al-Mandab Strait, reports said. In northern Yemen, reports also claimed that dozens of Houthi fighters surrendered to Yemeni forces. Houthi control over the Strait has risen.