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Yemen’s Houthis cement hold on vital shipping corridor linking Europe and Asia

In a lightning offensive, the Iran-backed group captured three strategic islands on Sept 11.

Houthi supporters celebrating the advances made by Iran-backed Houthi forces, in Sana’a, Yemen, on Sept 11. After a week-long offensive, the Houthis have seized the Yemeni side of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the southern gateway to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.

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