Red Sea Tensions Rise as Yemen's Port City Falls The Houthi takeover of Mokha, a strategic port city on the Red Sea coast, has sparked concerns about the implications for global trade and security.
Located just 80 kilometers north of the Bab el Mandeb Strait, a critical chokepoint for international commerce, the capture poses an existential threat to this vital waterway.
The Houthi Iran axis is often characterized as a proxy driven relationship, but Iranian officials have consistently maintained that their involvement is defensive in nature.