# Can the Houthis hold on to Yemen’s strategic western coast?

https://mins.news/en/item/59454

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-15 14:28 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/15/can-the-houthis-hold-on-to-yemens-strategic-western-coast?traffic_source=rss

> After rapidly taking territory along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, including the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands and Mayyun Island, the Houthis face difficult military and logistical tests in holding the Bab al-Mandeb area. The exposed coastline, local resistance and Saudi-backed government counterattacks could stretch and exhaust their forces.

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