Houthi Militia Advances on Yemen's Oil-Rich Marib Province

In the fractured landscape of Yemen's civil war, Iranian-backed Houthi forces have intensified their push toward Marib Province — the country's most vital oil-producing region — bringing renewed violence to a conflict that has long served as a theater for the broader rivalry between Tehran and Riyadh. The battle for Marib is not merely a military contest; it is a struggle over economic survival, regional influence, and the future shape of a nation already broken by years of war. What unfolds there will be felt not only by the Yemeni people, but in energy markets and diplomatic corridors far be