# Yemen's Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane

https://mins.news/en/video/55090

- France 24 English, 2026-09-11 19:17 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vciOMc2RoSU

> Yemen's Houthis took control on Friday of Mayyun Island, also known as Perim, in the middle of the Red Sea's Bab el-Mandeb shipping lane. A local government official and eyewitnesses said armed Houthi fighters arrived by boat after government forces withdrew the previous day.

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