https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/iran-houthis-mokha-red-sea-yemen.html

The Iran-backed Houthi militant group has seized control of Yemen’s port city of Mokha on the Red Sea coast, bringing Tehran closer to securing another point of leverage in its six-month-long conflict with the U.S.

Mokha, a strategic city on Yemen’s Red Sea coast that gave its name to Mocha coffee, is situated about 75 kilometers (46 miles) north of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a waterway that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and to global markets.

Looking at the map Mokha is at the north entrance to the strait.