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Houthis seize Mokha city on Red Sea: AFP

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10-09-2026 | 05:06

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Houthis seize Mokha city on Red Sea: AFP

Yemen's Houthi rebels seized control of the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha on Thursday and were advancing towards the Bab al-Mandab strait, a Yemeni military source told AFP.

Witnesses told AFP they saw rebel forces entering the city while chanting "death to America, death to Israel."

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