Skip linksSkip to Content Live Navigation menuNewsAfricaAsiaUS & CanadaLatin AmericaEuropeAsia PacificMiddle EastExplainedSportOpinionVideoFeaturesEconomyHuman RightsClimate CrisisInvestigationsInteractivesIn PicturesScience & TechnologyPodcastsTravelSponsored Content Live Navigation menuDonald TrumpTrump, Netanyahu and the Iran questionHow Iran war fallout may shape US electionsA visual guide to redistrictingLive updates, The Houthis have swept through the last stretch of Yemen’s Red Sea coast after taking the city of Mocha.Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on September 5, 2026 [Atta Kenare/AFP]By Heba Habib, Mariamne Everett and Stephen QuillenPublished On 11 Sep 2026
After seizing the crucial Red Sea city of Mocha, Yemen’s Houthis are have taken over the entire coastline, expanding their control over the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, one of the world’s most important trade routes.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says its navy struck a US “Saildrone-type” unmanned vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, “thwarting its aggressive mission”.
