Update: Iran-backed Houthi rebels take strategic port city in Yemen, raising threat to Red Sea shipping

A report from France 24 — English focuses on “Update: Iran-backed Houthi rebels take strategic port city in Yemen, raising threat to Red Sea shipping” and sets out the main development contained in the supplied source material.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group on Thursday took over Yemen’s port city of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni officials stated. The report also notes that Mokha is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a waterway that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and through which about 12% of the world’s goods are typically shipped. FRANCE 24's Nick Rushworth reports.

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