Houthis Seize Red Sea Port in Strategic Victory, Threatening Global Trade

At the narrow throat of the Red Sea, where the commerce of continents passes in fragile procession, a militia has taken what geography long made inevitable to covet. The Houthis, sustained by Iranian arms and ambition, have seized Mokha — a Yemeni port commanding the approaches to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait — after routing the government forces who held it. In doing so, they have transformed themselves from a disruptive presence into a territorial power astride one of the world's most consequential trade corridors, deepening a conflict whose costs are borne not only by Yemenis but by the global