Yemen’s Houthi movement seized Perim Island, at the narrowest point of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, on September 11, 2026, after Yemeni government forces withdrew from the island a day earlier. Four Yemeni government sources told Reuters that Houthi fighters reached the island, also known as Mayyun, tightening the group’s grip on one of the world’s […]

The Houthi seizure of Mocha this week lands on top of a difficult year for Saudi Arabia’s position in Yemen, one that already saw its allied government nearly collapse under a separate rebellion months earlier. A offensive by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council swept across southern Yemen in December 2025, briefly seizing roughly half the […]

Yemen’s Houthi movement seized the Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday, forcing government-aligned forces to withdraw and pulling the Iran-backed group closer to full control of the Bab al-Mandeb strait. Four Yemeni government military sources told Reuters that Houthi fighters took the city after hours of fighting, while a separate military official told […]