The Houthi rebels effectively complete their rapid push to take control of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, tightening their grip on one of the world’s most important shipping routes and delivering a dramatic boost to their backers in Iran.

The Houthi rebels effectively complete their rapid push to take control of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, tightening their grip on one of the world’s most important shipping routes and delivering a dramatic boost to their backers in Iran. ↧ Iran-backed Houthis take full control of Red Sea coastline, tighten... The rebels were reported Friday to have captured Perim, an island vital to controlling the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes.