CNN Arabic says it is examining a video circulating online that purportedly shows residents of Turbah, a city in southern Yemen, welcoming Houthi forces as they entered. The outlet published its report on Monday, October 5, 2026, framing the clip as a claim whose authenticity it is still assessing.
The video's circulation follows reports that Houthi fighters moved into Turbah, which lies in the Taiz governorate in the country's south. Sky News Arabia, citing Yemeni sources, reported the entry into the city. Other outlets carried related accounts of the same period, including Arabi21, which reported that the Houthis took control of several areas and reimposed a siege on Taiz, and Monte Carlo Doualiya, which reported deadly fighting in Taiz alongside a Houthi announcement that it had seized a strategic road.
Al Akhbar also published a report describing Turkish and Pakistani aid, Sudanese mercenaries, Saudi preparations for an offensive, and a tightening encirclement of Taiz from Sanaa's side. Those details come from that outlet's account and have not been independently confirmed here.
What CNN Arabic has established so far is narrower: a video is being shared with a specific claim attached to it, and the outlet is treating that claim as unverified. The available material does not include the outlet's conclusion, nor does it identify who filmed the clip, when it was recorded, or where.
The open question is what CNN Arabic's verification finds. Until that is published, the video should be treated as an unconfirmed claim rather than evidence of how Turbah's residents received the Houthi advance.
