IRNA reported Houthi senior member Hazam al-Asad said the ball is on Saudi
Arabia’s side and Riyadh must lift its blockade on Yemen, warning that if Saudi
refuses the next phase of operations could escalate. Al-Asad said the movement
has recently made significant gains, seizing and “liberating” multiple Saudi
military bases on the kingdom’s west coast, and asserted it has the military
capacity to expand control and meet any challenge.