YemenGovernment says it took Dhubab and cut the Mocha road.
Bab el-Mandeb averaged 29.6 ships a day to 4 October, 3% above normal.
Yemen’s prime minister’s office said forces are moving to control the strait, and government forces separately reported 8 air strikes near Taiz.
Only the government makes these claims, and no independent confirmation accompanies them.
The Houthis, who struck Riyadh’s airport the same weekend, have declared Saudi airspace a target.
How each outlet framed it
- Middle East Eye leans critical
- frames the offensive as restoring sovereignty and overthrowing an Iran-backed Houthi coup, citing Dhubab and the Mocha road cut
Sources: Middle East Eye