The Iran-backed Houthis are also reported to have seized Perim - a strategic island on the major shipping route. Grouped from 14 articles across 7 sources.
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Houthis were already able to disrupt shipping - their advance consolidates that power, and exposes government weakness. Grouped from 8 articles across 4 sources.
The moves by the Houthis make it easier for the Iran-backed rebels to target ships transiting the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait for Saudi Arabian oil exports. Grouped from 8 articles across 5 sources.
Houthi forces seize Yemen's Red Sea coast while Saudi Arabia suspends crucial oil pipeline following drone attack. Grouped from 8 articles across 6 sources.
Houthi fighters reached Perim Island which divides the Bab el-Mandeb into two shipping lanes after government forces withdrew, completing the group's takeover of the strait. Together with Iran's Hormuz blockade, this… Grouped from 3 articles across 2 sources.
Pakistan faces growing pressure to honour its Saudi defence commitments while keeping diplomatic channels to Iran open.
Fighting has reignited in Yemen as Houthi forces push south towards the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait.