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Iranian officials have praised the Houthis' victories but have not spoken about any imminent closure of Bab al-Mandeb.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have been celebrating after seizing control of the Red Sea coast in a rapid offensive.

Houthi forces seize Yemen's Red Sea coast while Saudi Arabia suspends crucial oil pipeline following drone attack.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels captured the strategic Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, located at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, officials said on Friday. The lightning move opens a new front in the Iran war and threatens energy supplies, especially Saudi oil exports, from passing through one of the world's key shipping lanes. 

Houthis were already able to disrupt shipping - their advance consolidates that power, and exposes government weakness.

The Iran-backed Houthis are also reported to have seized Perim - a strategic island on the major shipping route.

The Iran-backed Houthi forces have taken control over most of the western Red Sea coastal line

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Friday reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, potentially tightening their grip on one of the world’s vital shipping routes. Earlier, two sources from the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni government said its forces had withdrawn from Perim and that the Houthis had also taken the mainland Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab, which faces the island. If ‌the Houthis gain full control...

Iran-aligned Houthi militants seized control of Yemen's port city of Mocha on Thursday, military sources said, posing a further threat to global energy supplies. Four Yemeni government military sources said the Houthis had gained further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the southern outlet of the Red Sea and one of the world's most important shipping routes, and were launching attacks on the strategic ​islands of Hanish.

Riyadh needs to restore deterrence without being pulled back into a prolonged Yemen war.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of ​the historic port city of Mocha on Thursday, four Yemeni government military sources said, gaining further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important shipping routes. There has been an escalation in fighting between Saudi Arabia's Yemeni allies in the internationally backed government and the Houthis in recent ⁠days, creating a second theatre of war in the Iran conflict that threatens global energy supplies.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis seized ⁠control of the historic port city of Mocha on Thursday, four Yemeni government military sources said, gaining further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. The Houthis were launching attacks on the strategic Red Sea islands of Hanish, the government sources told Reuters. Government forces and their allies are relocating south to Dhubab, which sits directly on the strait, across from the island of...

Forces loyal to the UN-recognised government and Houthis fight on multiple fronts in an effort to expand their control.

Yemen's government accuses Houthis of killing 3 children as rebels claim Saudi forces launched 54 air raids in 12 hours.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Yemen's ambassador warns Houthi attacks threaten global shipping.

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Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces are intensifying their counteroffensive against the Houthis.

Fighting between government forces and Iran-backed Houthis is raising fears Yemen could return to full-scale war.

Saudi Arabia halted several energy facilities in the south, as the Iran-backed Houthi militants claimed fresh strikes on the kingdom. The Yemen-based Houthis said they targeted Saudi Aramco’s facilities in Abha, Najran and Jazan with ballistic missiles and drones, the group’s military spokesperson said in a statement. The attacks caused fires at several locations, and efforts were ongoing to contain the blazes, the Saudi energy ministry said on X, without naming the facilities. While the targets appear to include infrastructure that supply the local Saudi demand, repeated attacks on Jazan, where a major refinery is located, are a concern for the oil market. For the latest, we speak with Becca Wasser, Defense Lead for Bloomberg Economics. (Source: Bloomberg)

The Iran-backed Yemeni group's attacks have injured 73 people and caused fires at oil facilities, Saudi authorities say.

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday threatened to hit back after a wave of missiles from Yemen's Houthis set oil facilities ablaze and wounded dozens, the Iran-backed rebels' heaviest attack in years. It comes after a four-year truce collapsed in July, months into the Middle East war between the United States and Iran. France 24's Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi provides analysis.

Khaled Batarfi, a Saudi political analyst, says the war with the Houthis will not be ‘prolonged’.

Bid to take Sanaa comes as fighting between Yemeni forces and Houthis intensify in provinces of al-Bayda and al-Jawf.

Houthi-run media outlet released footage of destruction after alleged Saudi air strike on al-Hazm prison.

Fighting is intensifying in Yemen as government-aligned forces launch counterattacks against the Iran-backed Houthis.

Government forces make gains as fighting escalates, raising fears of a return to full-scale war.

A major Houthi offensive towards Bab al-Mandeb has triggered some of Yemen’s worst fighting in years.

Two days of fighting between government forces and Houthi fighters has left dozens dead on both sides, sources say.

Houthis attempt to cut road linking Taiz to al-Makha in apparent bid to sever government's strategic supply route.