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Saudi-backed forces organisation

Named in 13 reports across 4 stories - 7 Aug – 10 Oct

also appears as Saudi-Backed Forces

7 Aug 202610 Oct 2026
2 edits2 entries
  1. BBC News Worldseen 8 Oct, 06:15headline rewrittenthe story

    Yemeni military says it has retaken Mokha and 'secured' Red Sea waterwayYemeni military says it has 'secured' Red Sea waterway

  2. BBC News Worldseen 6 Oct, 02:34headline rewrittenthe story

    Yemeni government forces say they have 'secured' Bab al-Mandab StraitYemeni military says it has retaken Mokha and 'secured' Red Sea waterway

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Saudi-backed forces. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Saudi-backed forces.

Saudi Arabia and Yemen share 4 reportsHouthis and Red Sea share 3 reportsHouthis and Yemen share 3 reportsAl Jazeera and Yemen share 3 reportsDjibouti and Houthis share 2 reportsPakistan and Saudi Arabia share 2 reportsDjibouti and Red Sea share 2 reportsMokha and Red Sea share 2 reportsRed Sea and Yemen share 2 reportsPakistan and Yemen share 2 reportsAl Jazeera and Saudi Arabia share 2 reportsMokha and Yemen share 1 reportBab al-Mandab strait and Dhubab share 1 reportHouthis and Mokha share 1 reportDhubab and Yemen share 1 reportBab al-Mandab strait and Red Sea share 1 reportAl Jazeera and Pakistan share 1 reportAl Jazeera and Red Sea share 1 reportHouthis and Saudi Arabia share 1 reportBab al-Mandab strait and Yemen share 1 reportBab al-Mandab strait and Mokha share 1 reportDjibouti and Yemen share 1 reportAl Jazeera and Djibouti share 1 reportAl Jazeera and Houthis share 1 reportSaudi-backed forcesYemenYemen - 9 shared reports (place)HouthisHouthis - 6 shared reports (organization)Red SeaRed Sea - 4 shared reports (place)Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - 4 shared reports (place)Al JazeeraAl Jazeera - 3 shared reports (organization)Bab al-Mandab str…Bab al-Mandab strait - 2 shared reports (place)DjiboutiDjibouti - 2 shared reports (place)MokhaMokha - 2 shared reports (place)PakistanPakistan - 2 shared reports (place)DhubabDhubab - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

Oil prices move higher after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claim Saudi tanker strike

257 outlets9 reports name Saudi-backed forces12 Jan 2024 – 1 Nov 2026

Iran war updates: ‘Mecca Joint Defence Pact’ signed, as Hormuz deal ‘nears’

115 outlets1 report names Saudi-backed forces7 Aug – 1 Nov

Nearly 1,400 families displaced in western Yemen in single day amid military escalation

39 outlets2 reports name Saudi-backed forces9 Sept – 1 Nov

Morning news brief

1 outlets1 report names Saudi-backed forces6 Oct

Who keeps naming them

Google News - Top Stories3Al Jazeera English3Times of India2BBC News World2The Guardian World2NPR News1

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