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Houthi seizure of Mokha displaces 125,000 amid aid crisis

By Drooid · Sep 22, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC · How we work

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Houthi rebels seized 5,400 sq km of western Yemen, including Mokha, on Sept 10-11, displacing 125,000.
UN World Food Programme says half of Yemen’s 22 million need aid and 18 million face acute food insecurity.
WHO said it can no longer transfer patients from Mokha to Aden because southern roads face missile fire.
Saudi Arabia reported Houthi missiles struck Riyadh and drones hit a Saudi crude pipeline.

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Houthi rebels seized 5,400 sq km of western Yemen, including Mokha, on Sept 10-11, displacing 125,000.
UN World Food Programme says half of Yemen’s 22 million need aid and 18 million face acute food insecurity.
WHO said it can no longer transfer patients from Mokha to Aden because southern roads face missile fire.
Saudi Arabia reported Houthi missiles struck Riyadh and drones hit a Saudi crude pipeline.