Event details
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces reported striking Houthi positions in the Red Sea port city of Mokha after Houthi rebels seized control of Yemen's Red Sea coast and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait chokepoint.
Context
Houthi control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait alongside the ongoing Hormuz disruption threatens to squeeze a second major maritime chokepoint for oil and container shipping between the Gulf and the Suez Canal.
- Local time
- 12:43 PM Jerusalem time, Sep 12, 2026
- Location
- Mokha, Yemen
- Relationship
- Update