Escalation: Houthis seize Mocha port
Houthi fighters mounted a major assault on Yemen’s Red Sea coast and said they seized the port of Mocha after heavy clashes with Saudi‑backed forces. The fighting was the fiercest in years and came as the group pushed to take more of the coastline.
Mocha and nearby Dhubab sit on the approach to the Bab al‑Mandeb, the narrow southern gateway to the Red Sea. Control of Mocha would tighten the Houthis’ grip on that waterway and the routes Saudi oil and other cargo use via the Red Sea. Some government military sources described the Houthis as closing in on Mocha and Dhubab rather than fully in control.
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