Qualla: Battle of Port Midi https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-midi en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Port Midi https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-midi Battle of Port Midi: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-midi/ Port Midi is not large. A coastal town in Yemen's Hajjah Governorate at about 16.25 north, 43 east, just south of the Saudi border, it had one genuine asset in late 2015 - a harbour. For the Houthi movement controlling northern Yemen, that harbour meant ballistic missiles could be unloaded and fired at Saudi villages just across the line. For the Saudi-led coalition, it meant Midi had to be taken. The fight for it, which began in December 2015, dragged on for eighteen months. The people who paid for it, in the largest single incident, were not fighters.

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/f/y/s/battle-of-port-midi-wp/sfys-battle-of-port-midi-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Port Midi: A Harbour Worth a War https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-midi/ The Yemeni civil war began in 2014 when Houthi forces, allied with troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, took the capital Sanaa and pushed the internationally recognised government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi into exile. In March 2015 a coalition led by Saudi Arabia a...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/f/y/s/battle-of-port-midi-wp/sfys-battle-of-port-midi-a-harbour-worth-a-war.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Port Midi: December 2015 to January 2016 https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-midi/ Hadi loyalist forces took the larger town of Haradh on 19 December 2015 after fighting that left dozens dead on both sides. They pushed the Houthis back through the surrounding area over the following days under Saudi air cover. On 7 January 2016 they captured Port Midi itself af...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/f/y/s/battle-of-port-midi-wp/sfys-battle-of-port-midi-december-2015-to-january-2016.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Port Midi: The Cost to Civilians https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-midi/ In late March 2016 a Saudi coalition airstrike in the Midi area killed more than 78 civilians, including 22 children. Humanitarian organisations raised the toll over the following days - first to 107, then to 129 dead and more than 100 wounded. On 21 September 2016, coalition mis...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/f/y/s/battle-of-port-midi-wp/sfys-battle-of-port-midi-the-cost-to-civilians.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Port Midi: Stalemate https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-midi/ The military picture across 2016 looked like a slow erosion. In February, popular committees aligned with the Houthis destroyed two coalition armoured vehicles near Midi and shot down a Saudi surveillance plane. Saudi jets hit eleven targets in Midi district on 6 March. Mid-Novem...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/f/y/s/battle-of-port-midi-wp/sfys-battle-of-port-midi-stalemate.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Port Midi: What the Coastline Remembers https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-midi/ The Red Sea coastline north of Hodeidah is one of the oldest trading fronts in the world - fishermen's dhows still sail it between Arabian and African ports as they have for centuries. The Battle of Port Midi overlays that long history with something newer and harsher: targeting ...

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