On Monday, Yemen's Houthis launched ballistic missile attacks against the Red Sea port city of al-Makha (formerly known as Mocha) and residential areas in Marib, according to Yemeni government forces. The latest attack follows a strike on Sunday that killed at least seven people and wounded 30 others in al-Makha. No casualties have been reported from Monday's attacks, but extensive damage was caused to the city's port area. Additionally, a Houthi drone strike on Monday killed two Yemeni government soldiers and injured seven others in Shabwa province. In response, Yemeni forces targeted Houthi rebels and their sites in several provinces. The escalation of violence marks a significant deterioration in the ongoing civil war, which has been exacerbated by the recent US-Israeli attack on Iran. The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, seized Yemen's capital Sanaa in September 2014, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in March 2015. Despite a truce agreed upon in April 2022, the violence has reignited following a Saudi air strike on Sanaa airport in July, which prevented an Iranian flight carrying Houthi leaders from landing. The conflict has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and risks further regional instability, according to UN envoy Hans Grundberg.