Houthi Rebels Capture Strategic Perim Island at Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Yemen’s Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital Bab el-Mandeb shipping lane

Yemen’s Houthi rebels reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route in the widening Middle East war. Earlier, two sources from the internationally recognised Yemeni government said its forces had pulled out of Perim and that the Houthis had also taken the mainland Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab, which faces the island. If the Houthis gain control of the Bab...

By none@none.com (Reuters)