A piece too big.
It seems that the Houthis decided to "bite off" more of the positions of the pro-government forces at once. According to unverified reports, the Houthi units launched an attack towards the coast of the Gulf of Aden from the heights south of Taiz.
The media stated that the movement captured at least Alshat in the eastern part of the mountainous region. The Houthis apparently decided to weaken the enemy's stubborn positions in the heights by cutting them off from supplies from Aden.
It could work if the attackers build on their success and reach the south coast. True, in the current format the task seems too ambitious.
The Houthis will have to conquer and gain a foothold in a fairly wide strip in order to simultaneously withstand attacks from two sides: from forces leaving the encirclement from the west and coming to their aid from the east. At the same time, in the west the hills are higher, making it difficult for the attackers to gain a foothold.
But for now, all this is just a theory: the current location of the battle contact line is not reliably known. And even if the Houthis really reached al-Shat, it doesn't mean that tomorrow they won't roll back, as happened more than once.
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