Houthi fighters capture strategic island
Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Friday captured Perim Island in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a key global shipping lane. The island’s seizure came a day after the rebels took the Red Sea port city of Mocha.
SAUDI ARABIA
YEMEN
Houthi control
as of April 2026
Sanaa
Red
Sea
100 miles
Hodeidah
100 km
Mocha
ERIT.
Aden
Gulf of Aden
Perim Island
DJIB.
Bab al-Mandeb Strait
SOMALIA
SAUDI ARABIA
YEMEN
Houthi control
as of April 2026
Sanaa
100 miles
Red
Sea
Hodeidah
100 km
Mocha
ERIT.
Gulf of Aden
Aden
Perim Island
DJIB.
Bab al-Mandeb Strait
SOMALIA
OMAN
SAUDI ARABIA
YEMEN
Red Sea
Houthi control
as of April 2026
Sanaa
Hodeidah
100 miles
100 km
ERITREA
Mocha
Dhu Bab
Aden
Gulf of Aden
Perim Island
Bab al-Mandeb Strait
DJIBOUTI
SOMALIA
