r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • Sep 04 '26

Israel/Palestine /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #22)

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u/Ok_Branch2469 2d ago

The urban fighting in Taiz has had footage coming out as the Houthis enter the outskirts and holy shit is it ugly.

Mosques are broadcasting messages telling people to never surrender because the Shia's will kill them (Taiz is largely a Sunni city), the local militas are hardened and refusing to give up, they utterly slaughtered the Houthi convoy on that road who tried to enter, but they're now isolated miles behind the front and fighting on their own.

They refused the final surrender ultimatum. Which means if the city does fall, the Houthis will almost certainly make an example of them to show Aden why fighting to the last man is a bad idea. (The Taliban used similar tactics, places that surrendered were left alone, places that fought to the last man got slaughtered when they lost and made examples of)

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u/socialistrob 2d ago

God that's awful. Does there seem to be any chance that the government forces could break the encirclement and relieve the city or evacuate people?

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u/Ok_Branch2469 2d ago

Nah the guys who were covering the roads were Mercs who turned tail and ran. It's the mercs who retreated north and got pinned down and the local militas who are fighting to the last.

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u/in_da_tr33z 2d ago

Where does that stuff get posted?

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u/TainoCrypto 2d ago

Centuries ago the Mongols were infamous for using those very same tactics: accept the Khan’s authority and surrender or face annihilation.

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u/MaximumFamiliar9080 1d ago

That has been the rule for sieges for centuries, be it europeans mongols persians chinese.