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.Houthi fighters march during a campaign to mobilise more fighters amid an escalation of fighting, in Sanaa, Yemen, September 10, 2026 [Yahya Arhab/EPA]By Heba Habib, Mariamne Everett and Stephen QuillenPublished On 11 Sep 2026
After seizing the crucial city of Mocha, the Houthis are reported to have taken control of Yemen’s entire Red Sea coastline, expanding their grip over the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, one of the world’s most important trade routes.
Saudi military forces have carried out two air strikes on Yemen’s Mocha airport, reports the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah channel.
