Along the ancient shores of the Red Sea, where trade winds once carried spices and silks between continents, a modern struggle for control of the world's arteries is unfolding. Yemen's Houthi movement has seized the port city of Mokha, bringing Iran-backed forces within reach of the Bab al-Mandab Strait — a chokepoint through which a significant share of global commerce flows. The fall of Mokha, won through sudden and brutal fighting that scattered families and left the wounded untended in the streets, is not merely a territorial shift in a civil war but a reminder that local conflicts now car
Houthis seize Red Sea port of Mokha, edging closer to Bab al-Mandab Strait
Hundreds reportedly killed and thousands displaced since the Houthi offensive began; residents fled amid clashes with injured people left without aid.