Red Sea Crisis · Multiple sources
Yemen's Houthis seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokha
Mokha's capture brings the Iran-backed group closer to controlling a key international shipping route.
- Time span
- 8 Sept 2026, 22:13 CEST → 11 Sept 2026, 12:11 CEST
- Sources
- 3 sources
- Reports
- 4
- Trust
- strong · multi-source
Timeline
Fighting between government forces and Iran-backed Houthis is raising fears Yemen could return to full-scale war.
A Houthi advance along Yemen's Red Sea coast could help push gas prices up even more as the Iran-backed group also launches attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities
Mokha's capture brings the Iran-backed group closer to controlling a key international shipping route.
Rapid advance of Iran-backed force threatens key alternative shipping route to Strait of Hormuz.
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