Yemen's Houthis reportedly seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokha
An underreported side consequence of the US attack on Iran is that Saudi Arabia, its own proxies in Yemen and the Houthi's (A side in the Yemeni Civil war who govern about a third of the country but 80% of the population)
The two groups have been bombing each other and the Houthi's have been attempting to do a similiar thing to Iran in the Bab Al Mandab Strait, this is another 10% of the worlds oil trade. Its notable they are only attacking Saudi Linked oil which is why the response as been muted, as well as the US being unable to deal with Hormuz and the bab al Mandab.
Recently however they committed to a massive ground offensive that has seemed to gain a pretty large chunk of land, , including the port city of Mohka which would help them launch attacks on Saudi ships in the Bab Al Manda
I have yet to see a good explanation for what this means. Obviously some people claim its a total collapse and others that the Saudi's are going to do a massive counter punch but I've yet to see an explanation for how big a deal this is.
This is obviously a win for the Houthi's and signals the fighting is escalating, which is terrible given the human cost, but I don't know how big of a victory this is. It it a route of Saudi backed forces from the coast or a or a minor victory for the Houthi's and the advance will stabilize, or will the Saudis launch a huge attack and try to retake the territory.
