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Saudi-Led Coalition Advances on Hodeidah after Liberating Khokha

Saudi-led Arab coalition forces advance on Yemen’s Hodeidah. (Reuters)
Saudi-led Arab coalition forces advance on Yemen’s Hodeidah. (Reuters)
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Saudi-Led Coalition Advances on Hodeidah after Liberating Khokha

Saudi-led Arab coalition forces advance on Yemen’s Hodeidah. (Reuters)
Saudi-led Arab coalition forces advance on Yemen’s Hodeidah. (Reuters)

Two days after liberating the strategic Yemeni town of al-Khokha, Saudi-led Ara coalition forces advanced further towards the west coast of the country, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Saturday.

The Coalition, Yemen National Army and legitimate government of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi People’s Resistance continued to make advances on the ground, heading to the West coast of Yemen towards Hodeidah, said UAE’s official news agency WAM according to SPA.

The liberation of al-Khokha will help in cutting supply lines to the Iran-backed Houthi militia and eventually pave the way for the recapture of Hodeidah.

In turn, the capture of the port city will mark a major step towards liberating the West coast of Yemen.

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At Least 15 Killed in Suicide Bombing at Damascus Church

A Syrian man reacts inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweila in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
A Syrian man reacts inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweila in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
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At Least 15 Killed in Suicide Bombing at Damascus Church

A Syrian man reacts inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweila in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
A Syrian man reacts inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweila in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

At least 15 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday, security sources said.

Syria's interior ministry said the suicide bomber was an ISIS member. He entered the church, opened fire and then detonated his explosive vest, the ministry added in a statement.

A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said two men were involved in the attack, including the one who blew himself up.

Syria's state news agency cited the health ministry as putting the preliminary casualty toll at nine dead and 13 injured.

Some local media reported that children were among the casualties.

A livestream from the site by Syria's civil defense, the White Helmets, showed scenes of destruction from within the church, including a bloodied floor and shattered church pews and masonry.

Syrian Information Minister Hamza Mostafa condemned the attack, calling it a terrorist attack.

“This cowardly act goes against the civic values that brings us together,” he said in a post on X. “We will not back down from our commitment to equal citizenship ... and we also affirm the state’s pledge to exert all its efforts to combat criminal organizations and to protect society from all attacks threatening its safety.”