The Houthis seized Mayun Island, also known as Perim Island, in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, according to various reports from the region.
The small volcanic island is strategically important because it sits inside the strait and divides the waterway into two shipping channels. Control of Mayun gives the Houthis a significant position from which to monitor and potentially threaten commercial vessels transiting between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
The seizure comes just one day after the Houthis captured the strategic port city of Mocha and as their forces advance toward Dhubab on the Yemeni mainland. Together, these gains put the Houthis in a substantially stronger position around one of the world's most important maritime chokepoints.
Footage of Houthi forces driving down the runway at Yemen's Mokha International Airport after capturing the key coastal city on the Red Sea this morning.
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@BruceLeroyRVA@hun71382@WarMonitor3 But is it (as it was for a long time before) free? And then let us talk about how your soldiers want to jump off their ship, it must be that pleasant up there.