Iran-backed Houthi rebels have captured two strategic Red Sea islands, tightening control of a key shipping route amid the US war with Iran.

With Donald Trump keeping America in the age of 'forever wars' - the Iranian backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed a key strategic advance.

The Iran-backed militia is said to have seized Perim Island, a strategic point at the southern entrance to the Bab al-Mandab Strait.