Houthi Rebels Seize Strategic Red Sea Islands Near Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement has completed a rapid takeover of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, seizing the strategic island of Mayyun, also known as Perim, after a week-long offensive that has killed hundreds of people and displaced tens of thousands more along Yemen’s western coast. The advance gives the group effective control over one of the … Read more