Yemen’s Houthis seize port city Mocha, closing in on control of Bab el-Mandeb Strait
The takeover gives the group a stronger position to threaten shipping through Bab el-Mandeb, where about 12% of global trade normally passes.
- On Thursday, Iran-aligned Houthi forces seized the strategic Yemeni port city of Mokha on the Red Sea coast, extending their control near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The capture marks the group's biggest territorial gain since a 2022 truce.
- Yemeni government and regional sources reported that direct guidance from Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps fueled the offensive. The militants aimed to strengthen influence around the Bab el-Mandeb, maximizing leverage over international shipping lanes.
- Global markets reacted swiftly as Brent crude jumped 4 percent to $105 per barrel on Thursday. Fighting has displaced more than 80,000 people, with hospitals forced to evacuate as conflict intensified.
- UN special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg warned Thursday of a "new and more dangerous phase" with consequences beyond Yemen's borders. Saudi-backed forces retreated south as officials vowed to take necessary measures to deter attacks.
- The territorial expansion risks a return to full-scale civil war, analysts said, and positions the movement to potentially lay mines near the Bab el-Mandeb. Disruptions threaten commercial vessels transiting the vital waterway linking Asia to Europe.
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Houthis Seize Red Sea Islands as Analysts Warn of Oil Supply Risks
Yemen's Houthi militants have seized the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands in the southern Red Sea, according to government and Houthi officials who spoke to the Associated Press [1]. The seizure tightens the Iran-backed group's grip around the Bab al-Mandab shipping route, a chokepoint that connects the Red Sea to the open ocean and Saudi Arabia's key Asian markets. The capture of the Hanish islands follows a rapid Houthi advance across Yemen's…
The Iran War’s going so well that the Houthis have now taken control of the Red Sea
On Monday, the Houthis captured Greater and Lesser Hanish—two strategic islands in the Southern Red Sea, giving them effective control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Yemeni government forces have withdrawn from the archipelago that lies about 100 miles north of the strait. This follows last week’s loss of the port city of Mokha, the coastal town of Dhubab, and Mayun Island, which is inside the Bab el-Mandeb.The Houthis now hold Yemen’s entire west…
The Yemeni allied rebels in Tehran have firmly established their grip on the Bab El-Mandeb Strait and can now strengthen their "maritime block" against Saudi ships. A major setback for Saudi Arabia, which is increasingly likely to be drawn into the regional war, believes the Middle Eastern press. Saudi Arabia is "short of options," draws the Lebanese daily L-East-Day about the situation in Yemen, where the internationally recognized government, …
Damaged buildings, destroyed boats, barbed wire and abandoned military vehicles: the shots made with a drone show the devastation and silence in the Yemeni port of Mocha, on the Red Sea, after its conquest by the Houthi supported by the Iranian. The film, released on September 12 by the station of the Al-Masirah group, flies over docks and apparently deserted harbour areas up to the building with the inscription "Welcome to the Port of Mocha" . …
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