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Iranian-Backed Houthi Broadcaster Says Saudi Airstrikes Have Hit Rebel-Held Mokha Airport in Yemen
Saudi airstrikes hit a rebel-held airport after the Houthis entered Mokha, as shipping through Bab al-Mandeb fell about 60%, officials said.
- Saudi airstrikes hit the Houthi-held Mokha airport in Yemen on Friday, an Iranian-backed Houthi broadcaster reported, a day after the rebels entered the strategic port city.
- The Houthis' entry into Mokha on Thursday marks their biggest territorial gain against Saudi-backed Yemeni opponents in years, placing them within 80 kilometers of the Mandeb Strait.
- Shipping relies on this route as Iran targets vessels in the Hormuz Strait; about 12% of the world's goods typically transit the area, though Houthi threats have curtailed that activity by about 60% since 2023.
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of Iran and Saudi Arabia spoke Thursday about diplomatic efforts to "restore stability" to the region; the Revolutionary Guard called for any settlement to include Yemen.
- Escalating fighting threatens the fragile truce that has largely halted Yemen's civil war since 2022, leaving 40 million people fearing a return to the conflict that killed 150,000 and brought many to famine.
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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 said the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have taken the island of Mayun after government forces withdrew from there. A Houthi official confirmed the rebels were on the island, also known as Perim,…
On Friday, 11 September, a Houthi media report reports Saudi "two strikes" at the airport of Mokha, a Yemeni city whose rebels took control the day before. The Shiite militia seized a key island in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, according to a local government official, claiming that it had taken control of the area.
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