Along the ancient coastline of the Red Sea, where trade winds once carried frankincense and now carry oil tankers, Yemen's Houthi militia has seized the port city of Mokha — their most consequential territorial gain in four years. The capture places them within reach of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a chokepoint through which a significant share of global commerce flows, and it threatens to unravel a fragile ceasefire that had offered Yemen its longest pause from open war. In a country where more than 150,000 lives have already been lost, the question now is whether this moment marks a turning poi
Houthis seize strategic Red Sea port, raising civil war fears in Yemen
Yemen's ongoing civil war has killed over 150,000 people and brought many others to the brink of famine.