00:00The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have released images of what they claim are street scenes in
00:08the districts of Moca and Jauca.
00:11According to the Associated Press, Almacira TV, a Houthi-controlled satellite news channel, broadcast the footage on
00:20Friday and claimed it showed Houthi fighters deployed in the streets, as well as in the port of Moca.
00:26In the last two days, the Houthis seized the port city of Moca and an island in the
00:33Red Sea, seized from the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.
00:39The rebels captured Mayun Island, located at the entrance to the Red Sea, a key alternative for transportation.
00:46of Saudi oil and other exports, given that Iran has been attacking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
00:53The island's collapse was confirmed by a senior military official of the internationally recognized Yemeni government and by a
01:01Houthi official.
01:03Both spoke on condition of anonymity, because they were not authorized to speak to journalists.
01:10Approximately 12% of the world's goods are typically transported through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, in the
01:17southern end of the Red Sea.
01:18This is especially important for Saudi Arabia, a key US ally.
01:24The escalation of fighting threatens to end a fragile truce that had largely halted the
01:30Yemen civil war since 2022.
01:33The fate of 40 million people in the poorest country in the Arab world is at stake.
01:39The conflict has killed 150,000 people and brought many others to the brink of famine.
01:45The surge in fighting over the past week has displaced more than 46,000 people, it was reported.
01:53on Friday, the UN Migration Agency.
01:56The Houthis have been at war with the Yemeni government since 2014, when the rebels seized control of much of the country.
02:02of the north and center of the country, including the capital, Sana'a.
02:06Saudi Arabia entered the war the following year, on the side of the government.
02:41Saudi Arabia entered the war the following year, on the side of the north and center of the north and center of the
03:08Saudi Arabia entered the war the following year, from the north and north-central regions.
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