Ansar Allah seizes Mokha city, its port and airport
Ansar Allah forces in Yemen have seized the coastal city of Mokha, including its main port and airport, according to Yemeni sources cited by Reuters. The city is on Yemen's Red Sea coast near the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait. Mokha's port and airport had previously served as an Emirati military base before later being used by Yemeni government forces backed by Saudi Arabia after the UAE withdrew from Yemen.
Earlier LBN reports from Mokha
- Pro-Saudi and Emirati forces leave their wounded in Mokha hospital and flee
- Yemeni military aircraft head toward Saudi-backed positions in Mokha
- Fifteen Yemeni missiles launched at Saudi military sites
- British maritime authority reports incident southwest of Mokha
- Two blasts heard in Al-Mokha amid renewed shelling
- 🔴 Four civilians killed in missile attack on Mokha, west of Taiz
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