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GLOBALAlbawaba11h ago

Houthis take Mayyun Island, putting key global shipping route in their hands

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have captured the strategically important Mayyun Island in the middle of the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the coastal city ...

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