Event Brief
Iran-backed Houthis take Mokha port city in Yemen
By The BriefBrief · Sources (19)
Filed: Sep 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM ET
Summary: Iran-backed Houthi rebels took over Yemen’s port city of Mokha, Houthi and Yemeni officials said on Thursday. Mokha is about 80 km from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping chokepoint connecting the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden that carries about 12% of the world’s goods.
WHO: Iran-backed Houthi rebels; Houthi and Yemeni officials
WHAT: Houthi rebels took over the port city of Mokha in Yemen.
WHEN: Sep 10, 2026
WHERE: Mokha, Yemen
WHY: Cause not yet established.
Sources (19) ▼
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