A strategic location on the Red Sea afforded the city centuries of trading dominance — and makes it a coveted target in today’s fighting in the Middle East.

Yemeni government airstrikes at the port and airport of Mokha in western Yemen targeted gatherings of Houthi forces on Friday, a government military source told dpa. "Warplanes targeted gatherings of

Those who had not fled the southwestern Yemeni coastal city of Mokha awoke Thursday to a grim military and humanitarian reality after the Houthi group seized full control of the city and its strategic port and extended its reach toward the Bab al-Mandeb Strait

Yemen’s internationally recognized government said on Friday that its air force had begun strikes against Houthi positions within a previously declared

The Yemeni coastal city of Mokha has fallen to the Houthis for the first time since 2017. This development threatens international maritime navigation in the Bab al-Mandab Strait—located near the ports- prompting the head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council to warn that "protecting the Yemeni coast is a Yemeni,

A TINY YEMENI ISLAND COULD BECOME THE NEXT BIG BATTLEFIELD IN THE WIDER IRAN WAR. Perim Island, also known as Mayyun, sits at the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, a crucial gateway between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Diesel prices in the U.S. have hit a painful new milestone, $6 a gallon as, reports said, Houthi rebels in Yemen took the key Red Sea port city of Mokha.

Yemen's Houthi rebels seized a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. This advance further threatens Saudi oil exports through a key global shipping lane. Saudi Arabia responded with airstrikes against the port city of Mokha,