The Yemeni government announced on Monday that it had launched a military offensive to regain control of the entire country from pro-Iranian Houthi fighters. The Houthi fighters have cut a key route connecting Taiz, a major city in the southwest that they now encircle, to Aden, where the internationally recognized government is based. The Yemeni government, supported by Saudi Arabia, stated on Monday that it had conducted hundreds of strikes against Houthi positions following the announcement of an offensive aimed at reclaiming the entire country from these Iran-aligned fighters. The operation on the Yemeni capital occupied by the pro-Iranian movement began in the morning on Monday, October 5. A Houthi media outlet reported the death of a woman in Saudi airstrikes. In Yemen, the government army has begun, on Monday, October 5, an attempt to reclaim territories lost to the Houthis. Less than a month after being swept away by a sudden offensive by Islamist rebels, Saudi-backed forces are said to have regained "several strategic positions around the Bab El-Mandeb strait," according to Middle East Eye in its live broadcast. The name of the operation: Dawn of Yemen. At the same time, the internationally recognized government has announced the beginning of a "strategic operation" aimed at retaking Sanaa, according to the English version of the Saudi website Al-Arabiya. The former capital and largest city of the country was captured by Ansar Allah (the "Partisans of God," the official name of the movement) at the beginning of the civil war, in 2014. "We are entering a decisive phase in the history of our nation," said Rachad Al-Alimi, president of the Presidential Leadership Council, during a speech on television announcing the launch of the operation on Sunday, October 4. "The internationally recognized Yemeni government army claims to have regained control of the Dhubab district and strategic positions near Bab El-Mandeb," notes the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera. According to an anonymous military source cited by the pro-government news agency Saba, the official army is said to have also recaptured Moka, a strategic port on the Red Sea. The Houthis have denied these reports. "The turning point would be if the Yemeni government seizes territories located in the heart of the country," a zone where the armed group is firmly entrenched, analyzes Hisham Al-Omeisy, a Yemen specialist at the European Institute of Peace, for Al-Jazeera. From Sanaa, one of Al-Jazeera's journalists states that the rebels supported by Iran are keeping a low profile. If their presence is "almost non-existent," writes Usaid Siddiqui, it would be a "proven tactic to avoid Saudi air strikes on their positions." Strikes that have multiplied in recent weeks. In Yemen, the risk of a new escalation with global repercussions. In response to the Houthi threat, Taiz, a martyr city, declares a "popular mobilization." Yemen: Can the Houthi masterstroke turn against Iran? In Yemen, should one expect "a coordinated military operation in the coming days"?