Iran-backed Houthis seize Yemen’s strategic port city — threatening second global shipping chokepoint
World News Iran-backed Houthis seize Yemen’s strategic port city — threatening second global shipping chokepoint By Efrat Lachter, Fox News Published Sep. “Now you have Iran on one side of the Arabian Peninsula controlling Hormuz, and now the Houthis controlling Bab el-Mandeb on the other side of the peninsula,” Hisham Al-Omeisy, senior Yemen advisor at the European Institute of Peace, told Fox News Digital. Google Earth Yemeni government sources said Thursay the Houthis captured Mocha and reached the Hanish Islands, while Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces withdrew south toward Dhubab, which sits directly on the Bab el-Mandeb opposite the strategic island of Perim.
- ▪World News Iran-backed Houthis seize Yemen’s strategic port city — threatening second global shipping chokepoint By Efrat Lachter, Fox News Published Sep.
- ▪“Now you have Iran on one side of the Arabian Peninsula controlling Hormuz, and now the Houthis controlling Bab el-Mandeb on the other side of the peninsula,” Hisham Al-Omeisy, senior Yemen advisor at the European Institute of Peace, told F
- ▪Google Earth Yemeni government sources said Thursay the Houthis captured Mocha and reached the Hanish Islands, while Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces withdrew south toward Dhubab, which sits directly on the Bab el-Mandeb opposite the s
4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 27 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Yemen's Houthis seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokha — BBC News — World
- ▪ Iran-backed Houthi rebels seize strategic Red Sea port in Yemen — NPR Topics: News
- ▪ Houthis Seize Strategic Red Sea Port, a Major Victory for Iranian Ally — NYT > Top Stories
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