This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on September 9, 2026, shows a member of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces firing a heavy machine gun. (AFP)
A video grab taken from UGC images posted on social media on Sept, 10, 2026, shows Houthi fighters inside Yemen's strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha. (AFP)
A Nasr missile fired from an Iranian ship during the second day of a military exercise in the Gulf, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, September 2020. (AFP)
A map of Yemen showing the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, a vital maritime chokepoint linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and a key route for global shipping. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)