The Iran-backed Houthis are also reported to have seized Perim - a strategic island on the major shipping route. Grouped from 19 articles across 9 sources.
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The Iran-backed Houthis are also reported to have seized Perim - a strategic island on the major shipping route. Grouped from 20 articles across 10 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.
The capture by the rebels of a stretch Yemen's strategic coastline is the group's most impressive military coup for several years.
Yemen's Houthis have seized territory near the Bab al-Mandab Strait - a key trade gateway for oil and global shipping.
Houthi forces seized Perim island and key positions along Yemen's Bab al-Mandab Strait as Saudi Arabia urged Trump to take direct military action.
The Houthi takeovers of Mokha, Dhubab and Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait threaten to push Yemen deeper into the Middle East war. The Iran-backed group has made advances against Yemen's government and Saudi Arabia.