Yemen’s Houthis seize port city Mocha, closing in on control of Bab el-Mandeb Strait
The takeover gives the Iran-backed rebels greater leverage over a waterway that carries about 12% of global goods, officials said.
- On Thursday, the Iranian-backed Houthis took control of Mocha, a Yemeni port city less than 50 miles from the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, according to anti-Houthi government officials.
- The Bab al-Mandeb Strait serves as a vital global chokepoint for crude oil and fuel shipments between the Gulf and the Mediterranean, providing the Houthis significant leverage over international trade.
- Tareq Saleh's National Resistance Front reported clashes with Houthi naval forces in Mocha, stating "Force reorganization and consolidation are underway in coordination with the anti-Houthi coalition."
- The Saudi-led coalition reported at least 73 people were wounded in four southern Saudi cities during recent Houthi attacks continuing on Wednesday against national assets and infrastructure.
- Fighting threatens to derail the fragile 2022 U.N.-brokered truce, while Saudi civil defence authorities issued an all-clear on Thursday following an emergency alert in Khamis Mushait.
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At the close of 10 September, the rapid succession of events in the Middle East threatens to aggravate a crisis that already affects oil prices, trade and world shipping.The Houthis, the Yemeni movement backed by Iran that controls much of the country — including the capital, Sana'a — took over the strategic port of Mokha and the island of Mayun or Perim, located in the straits of Bab el-Mandeb. Those advances do not mean that the Houthis have c…
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have seized control of Moha, a strategic port city on Yemen's Red Sea coast. Reportedly, the Houthis are not content with just the city and are advancing south towards the Bab el Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most critical trade routes.
The Houthis have continued to advance in Yemen. The group has now reached the Bab al-Mandeb strait, two Yemeni government sources said. Since the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, that strait has been important for transporting oil from Saudi Arabia.
Yemen's Houthi rebels seized the strategic Red Sea port of Muchah on Thursday, with witnesses telling AFP they saw fighters marching into the city chanting "death to America, death to Israel."
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