Yemeni government forces recapture strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha

TAIZ — Yemeni pro-government forces recaptured the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha from the Houthis on Monday following fierce fighting, state news agency SABA reported.The Nation’s Shield Forces, Southern Giants Brigades and Tihama Resistance, backed by the Popular Resistance, took control of the city with air support, a military source told SABA.The source said the Houthis had controlled Mokha, in western Taiz province, since early September.Fierce clashes erupted at several positions surrounding the city, involving various types of weapons and leaving a number of Houthi fighters dead and wounded, according to the source.Government forces also captured several Houthi fighters, while others fled the area, the source said, without providing casualty or prisoner figures.The advance comes amid an expanding government offensive against the Houthis under Operation Dawn of Yemen, with fighting intensifying across several fronts.