More than a century after resisting the armies of Imam Yahya Hamid al-Din, Tirat returns to the front of the conflict, with renewed attempts by the Houthi militia to control it, after more than ten years of withstanding its attacks. From the heights of the rocky mountains between Tais and Ah, the Tor al-Baha axis forces, backed by popular resistance, continue to confront attacks on a fortress whose area and location overlooking paths and roads give it military importance beyond its walls. According to local sources who spoke to Al-Masdr Online, the escalation was accompanied by daily bombings of the castle and its surroundings and residents threatening to evacuate their homes, after a civilian was killed by a shell that hit his house below the castle. What is the secret of this fortress, which has eluded military systems throughout history? How have the people of al-Muktarah maintained their area against the Houthis since 2015, and will they be able to write a new chapter in their resilience? to read the report.

More than a century after resisting the armies of Imam Yahya Hamid al-Din, Tirat returns to the front of the conflict, with renewed attempts by the Houthi militia to control it, after more than ten years of withstanding its attacks. From the heights of the rocky mountains between Tais and Ah, the Tor al-Baha axis forces, backed by popular resistance, continue to confront attacks on a fortress whose area and location overlooking paths and roads give it military importance beyond its walls. According to local sources who spoke to Al-Masdr Online, the escalation was accompanied by daily bombings of the castle and its surroundings and residents threatening to evacuate their homes, after a civilian was killed by a shell that hit his house below the castle. What is the secret of this fortress, which has eluded military systems throughout history? How have the people of al-Muktarah maintained their area against the Houthis since 2015, and will they be able to write a new chapter in their resilience? to read the report.