Sources from the military of Yemen's internationally recognised government also said Mayun Island – located in the heart of the strait – remained in Houthi hands as fighting continued.
The houthis are either mentally ill or trying to completely blind their supporters and fighters in order to increase morale..
It seems as if they are morale/Momentum junkies and can´t fight without morale hence their news agencies have been lying to them North Korea style.
This is a cult and they are misleading and blinding the population within their territorial border. They are blinding their fanbase North Korea style and this idea or tactics is unknown to this region and by this region I mean the greater region both in MENA and Europe both now and in the past.
I have seen some of them just circulating old videos from September claiming it is now or whatever.
The Bab-Al Mandab loss has become a mental warfare blow to them because they can´t fight without losing a single territorial area and they are cooked with this mentality or approach.
For The PLC or any normal forces if you take a single area today the war continues and their morale won´t go down but the houthis morale is on the fringe and even their tactics is completely bullshxt like zombie attacks by masses which will lead to their defeat very soon. They just throw in a horde of fighters and see what sticks.
They have lost the Mayyun Islands, the strait of BAB al mandab and the strip of coast all the way do Dhobab but they are still inside Dhobad but they have lost the roads north to Dhobad and the Dhobad airport.
This is a North Korean style enemy who is willing to brain-wash his supporters and fighters base in Yemen and now is spreading to the overseas once......... They are willing to live with delusions rather then the truth in order to brain their forces into death because if the moral goes low they fear their forces will vacate their positions or collapse or whatever.. This is North Korean doctrine and will come back to bite them back hard. They chose lies on purpose they are not even hiding it.