In a swift ground offensive, the Houthis pushed out forces allied with the Yemeni government that is backed by Saudi Arabia and seized the city of Mokha as well as its port, according to a local official in the city and a senior provincial official. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
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The Houthis are expected to try to push further south to try and take territory next to the strait, an area that is “arguably Yemen’s most strategically valuable real estate,” Mr. Baron said. If they are able to do so, it could leave both of the Arabian Peninsula’s major maritime choke points — Bab al-Mandab and the Strait of Hormuz — under the control of Iran and its allies, he added.
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