Yemen is closer to all-out war than at any other point since 2022, UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Aug. 13. A Houthi attack on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Aug. 11 killed six people, while fresh clashes erupted in Taiz the following day. The Houthis said a drone strike on Saudi Arabia's Jazan oil refinery on Aug. 13 was a response to Saudi violations of Yemeni airspace. (TNH)