Bab el-Mandeb Strait

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Houthis seize key Red Sea port, closing in on Bab el-Mandeb

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi forces seized the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday, according to multiple Yemeni government officials, extending the group's control along the western coastline and bringing it within striking distance of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait…