Houthis Seize Mocha Port, Threatening Bab al-Mandeb
Yemen’s Houthi fighters seized the strategic Red Sea port of Mocha on Thursday, 10 September 2026, routing pro-government forces and driving combat lines directly toward the narrow mouth of the Bab al-Mandeb strait. The sudden fall of the coastal fortress strips the internationally recognised government of its main operating base on the western littoral. Defeated…