Dedicated Issues Whatfinger News Current Events

Current Events / Red Sea / Bab el-Mandeb

Red Sea / Bab el-Mandeb

Yemen: Fighting escalates

September 14, 2026 · 2:28 pm

Iran-backed Houthi forces seized Mocha and Perim (Mayyun) Island at the mouth of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Government and Saudi air strikes followed. Shipping through a lane that normally carries about 12% of world trade has already dropped, and oil jumped as a second chokepoint tightened after Hormuz.

Yemen: Fighting escalates around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait • FRANCE 24 English Pinned Whatfinger / Dedicated Issues original. Always first.

Hosted on YouTube. We don’t store the file.

More video

The full event — text links, all sides

Our site first

Yemen: Fighting escalates around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait • FRANCE 24 EnglishDedicated Issues · OUR SITE
Lightning-fast Houthi advance in Yemen opens a dangerous new front in the Middle Easthttps://dedicatedissues.com/lightning-fast-houthi-advance-in-yemen-opens-a-dangerous-new-front-in-the-middle-east-dw-news/ · OUR SITE
Yemen: The Houthis test Iran’s regional influence • FRANCE 24 EnglishDedicated Issues · OUR SITE
Saudi-Backed Forces Claim Strikes on HouthisDedicated Issues · OUR SITE

Wire / official

Houthis claim major advance and tighten grip on Red Sea shipping laneBBC
Yemen’s Houthis seize strategic Red Sea port of MokhaBBC
Yemen's Houthis close in on Bab el-Mandeb StraitReuters
Ship traffic in Bab Al Mandeb halves after Perim Island seizureThe National

Right / security read

Iran-backed terror group’s latest grab threatens a second global shipping chokepointFox News
The shock Houthi mission to strangle global oilThe Telegraph

Other side + region

Red Sea nations watch as Houthis seize Bab al-MandebAl Jazeera
Fighting continues: what is the latest?Al Jazeera
The Houthis’ escalation in Yemen could flopAl Jazeera Opinion