Saudi Arabia would fund the fight from one side of that line and keep its name off it. The secret cable is part of a trove of classified Saudi cables obtained by Drop Site News. This is the first in a series of reports based on the Saudi Special Committee Cables by Drop Site News. An attack by Saudi Arabia on Sana’a earlier this month sparked retaliatory strikes by Ansarallah followed by a declared naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Bab al-Mandab strait. Casualty numbers and damage reports appear throughout the Saudi cables, quoting Houthi commanders and often citing “large [casualty] numbers from both sides.”