Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Yemeni government sources say the Houthis have reached the Red Sea islands of Hanish after capturing the coastal city of Mocha.

The Houthis' latest offensive is meant to replicate Iran's Hormuz blockade in the Bab el-Mandeb, with Red Sea coastal towns and islands in the crucial waterway among their next…