# Why the Houthi advance towards Yemen’s Marib and Taiz matters

https://mins.news/en/item/57646

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-14 12:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/14/why-the-houthi-advance-towards-yemens-marib-taiz-matters?traffic_source=rss

> Yemen’s government forces have launched air attacks against the Iran-backed Houthis as the rebels advance in government-held areas. Fighting is centred on Marib, the government’s last northern stronghold and a major oil and gas hub, and western Taiz, whose geography links the Houthi-held north with the government-held south and Red Sea coast. More than 85,000 people have fled since September began.

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