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BREAKING: Ansar Allah have liberated the strategically important Zuqar Island from Saudi-backed proxy forces, located in the international shipping lane in the southern Red Sea



this is huge news if confirmed, the UAE has invested a lot to build major airstrip facilities there and the Israelis are also involved

 

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Ansarallah now controls more than 300km of Red Sea coastline

 

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this aged very badly. but a good insight into the islands and Mocha before Yemen's offensive to liberate them.

 

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Ansarallah soldiers in liberated Mocha

 

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‘It’s really bad,’ Fmr. Yemeni official describes losing Mocha to Houthis, calls for more Saudi involvement​

Houthi forces took control of the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Mocha, less than 50 miles from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, after government forces retreated from the area overnight, despite making advances in Yemen's desert interior. This comes despite Saudi-backed Yemeni forces announcing Wednesday that they had made significant gains in the north and central desert areas and appeared to have broken through Houthi lines.

In reality, the Houthis had simply repositioned, giving up open desert territory in order to seize the more strategically valuable western coastline. By Thursday morning, the group had taken Mocha after government forces retreated en masse, effectively swapping territory with Saudi-backed forces in a trade that leaves the Houthis with a more direct ability to threaten shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and increase pressure on Saudi Arabia.

A former Yemeni military official told i24NEWS that the government's boasting about desert gains was "actually a cover for their losses on the coastline." "It's really bad," he said, adding that the only way to turn the tide is for Saudi Arabia to get more involved and activate the Mecca Accord, bringing Turkey and Pakistan into the fight.

‘It’s really bad,’ Fmr. Yemeni official describes losing Mocha to Houthis, calls for more Saudi involvement - i24NEWS

The Houthis have edged closer to gaining leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after seizing the strategic port city of Mocha, even as Saudi-backed forces claimed battlefield gains elsewhere in Yemen

www.i24news.tv

 

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