New Delhi, July 25 -- SANAA - Saudi airstrikes hit the Houthi-controlled naval base in Hodeida and targets on Kamaran Island late Friday, marking the most direct Saudi military engagement against Houthi infrastructure in three years. One woman was wounded on Kamaran Island, Houthi media reported. At Hodeida's port, witnesses described explosions; Saudi military spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki denied that the facility had been targeted.

reciprocal pressure escalated to match or exceed what was received, with the Red Sea as the instrument.

Saudi Arabia's decision to strike directly at Houthi naval infrastructure followed a week that tested the limits of its earlier restraint. The Houthis on July 20 declared a naval blockade target...