# Iran-backed Houthis reach Yemen’s Dhubab on Bab el-Mandeb, sources say

https://mins.news/en/item/54251

- Reuters, 2026-09-11 08:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-backed-houthis-reach-yemens-dhubab-bab-el-mandeb-strait-sources-say-2026-09-11/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aa3bc1251db2900010ee0db

> Two Yemeni government sources told Reuters that Iran-backed Houthi forces had reached Dhubab, a Yemeni town directly on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait opposite Perim Island.

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