# US in contact with Houthis after takeover of Perim Island, vice president says

https://mins.news/en/item/58248

- TASS, 2026-09-14 19:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2187551

> US Vice President JD Vance says the administration is maintaining direct contacts with Yemen’s Houthi movement after it seized strategic Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Yemeni government forces withdrew from the island as the Houthis captured Dhubab and advanced toward routes near the port of Mokha amid a sharp escalation in fighting.

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