Houthis seize Perim island, tighten grip on key Red Sea shipping route
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have seized the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, tightening their grip on a crucial global shipping route as the Middle East war widens, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters on Friday. Two sources from Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government said government forces had withdrawn from Perim and…