# Why Yemen’s Mokha port matters for global trade and the Red Sea

https://mins.news/en/video/53254

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-10 15:06 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLKFTjFiZCY

> Yemen’s port city of Mokha is at the centre of a battle with major strategic consequences for the Red Sea and global trade. Control of Mokha and the nearby coastline offers leverage over the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a crucial route for oil, gas and food shipments. The report also examines Mokha’s historic coffee trade and the conflict’s devastating humanitarian toll, with tens of thousands of civilians displaced.

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