Yemeni government forces have advanced against Houthi fighters along Yemen's Red Sea coast, with Reuters reporting that government troops were shown driving vehicles over their opponents. The reported footage emerged as part of a broader government offensive in the area.
According to Reuters, Yemeni government forces have also seized a strategic strait from the Houthis. The BBC reported that Yemen's military said it had retaken the port city of Mokha and "secured" the Red Sea waterway. CNBC described the operation as a major counteroffensive in which Yemeni forces reclaimed a key Red Sea port city from the Iran-backed Houthis. Dawn also carried reporting on the Yemen offensive.
The accounts center on the same stretch of coastline, where the port of Mokha and the surrounding waters sit near the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a chokepoint at the southern end of the Red Sea. Control of that area has been contested over the course of Yemen's conflict.
The reports attribute the recapture claims to Yemen's military. Reuters, the BBC and CNBC each covered the developments, with the BBC and CNBC focusing on Mokha and the waterway while Reuters reported on the strait and on the images of government fighters.
What to watch next: whether the government's hold on Mokha and the strait is confirmed by independent sources, and how the Houthis respond to the reported losses.
