Event Brief
Thousands flee as Houthis advance toward Bab el-Mandeb
By The BriefBrief · Sources (8)
Filed: Sep 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM ET
UPDATED Sep 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM ET
Summary: Tens of thousands of people have been displaced across Yemen after Iran-backed Houthi rebels advanced toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Some 1,400 people escaped across the Gulf of Aden to Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.
WHO: Iran-backed Houthi rebels
WHAT: Thousands of people fled Yemen as the Houthis advanced toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, with some reaching Djibouti.
WHEN: Sep 13, 2026 at 9:35 AM ET
WHERE: Yemen; Djibouti (via the Gulf of Aden)
WHY: People fled the advance of Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
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