Iran-backed Houthis strike Red Sea port of Mocha, threatening shipping routes

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Iran-backed Houthis strike Red Sea port of Mocha, threatening shipping routes

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked the port city of Mocha on Yemen's Red Sea coast, raising fears about threats to key maritime shipping routes and the resurgence of civil war. The strike heightens regional tensions and jeopardizes international shipping security.

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels struck a government-held port on the country’s Red Sea coast late Sunday, escalating fears over threats to strategic shipping routes and a potential return to civil war.

World Security Conflict Politics Shipping Houthis Mocha port Red Sea Yemen conflict shipping routes Iran-backed rebels

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