Houthis Seize Mayun Island, Tightening Grip on Key Shipping Strait

Houthi forces have captured Mayun Island, a strategic outpost in the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The island sits at the southern entrance of the Red Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. The Bab al-Mandab Strait is a narrow waterway between Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Millions of barrels of oil and goods pass through it every day. Control of Mayun Island gives the Houthis a new base to monitor and potentially disrupt this traffic.