15 dead in fighting near Yemen Red Sea port

Seven Yemeni soldiers and eight Houthis (Ansarallah) were killed in heavy fighting near the Red Sea coastal town of Mokha, AFP reported Saturday (March 11th).

Yemeni forces seized the port on February 10th as part of an offensive to recapture the Red Sea coastline, which previously had been almost entirely controlled by the Houthis. But there have been repeated clashes over the past month both inland and north of the town as the Houthis seek to take it back.

The latest fighting focused on the village of Yakhtul, 14 kilometres north of Mokha, which is currently in government hands.

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