Yemen is amassing 80,000 loyal troops to attack rebel Houthis and recapture the strategic Hodeidah Port, Emirati state media reported on Friday.

Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, chairman of the Gulf Research Center based in Saudi Arabia, said the attack could potentially be the largest of the civil war.

“To my best knowledge, there is a preparation of almost 80,000 soldiers from the legitimate Yemeni government in different locations to take over [Hodeidah],” Sager said.