Iran-backed Houthis capture key island along the Red Sea
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Diesel prices in the U.S. have hit a painful new milestone, $6 a gallon as, reports said, Houthi rebels in Yemen took the key Red Sea port city of Mokha.
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Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis seize an island in a key strait, opening a new front in the Iran war
Officials say Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels have captured the Red Sea port of Mokha and the strategic island of Mayun in Yemen. This move brings their forces to the heart of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a critical
If the Houthis "use their presence in Mokha to ramp up threats or attacks on shipping in the Red Sea," The Associated Press said, that "gives Iran another potential point of leverage in its war with the U.
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen seized a key island on Friday after having captured a Red Sea port, moves that threatened to further disrupt international shipping in the region. Iran called on Saudi Arabia to end its blockade of Yemen and immediately resume talks.
The Iran-linked militants are advancing on the Red Sea coast following the capture of the strategic port of Mokha, bringing the group closer to full control of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
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Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen's rebel-held Mokha airport as Houthis take an island near a key strait
A senior military official with Yemen’s internationally recognized government says the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have taken the island of Mayun after government forces withdrew from there
Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the entrance of the Red Sea, two officials said Friday, in a swift advance that further threatens Saudi oil exports through one of the world's key commercial lanes.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia has taken control of a key strategic port on the Red Sea on Thursday, capturing the Yemeni port city Mokha.
The Yemeni coastal city of Mokha has fallen to the Houthis for the first time since 2017. This development threatens international maritime navigation in the Bab al-Mandab Strait—located near the ports- prompting the head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council to warn that "protecting the Yemeni coast is a Yemeni,