Houthi missile barrage hits Mocha port as fighting escalates in Yemen

Houthi missile barrage hits Mocha port as fighting escalates in Yemen MEE staff on Sun, 08/16/2026 - 10:32 Officials say Houthi strikes have damaged civilian property in Marib and caused an estimated $16m in losses at the strategic Red Sea port The navigation bridge of a sunken vessel prot

The attacks killed seven people and caused an estimated $16 million in losses, the director told a news conference.

Yemen's Ministry of Information denounces attacks on Marib as 'escalation' that threatens lives and increases suffering.

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Yemen's Mocha port has suspended commercial and maritime operations after being hit by more than 25 missiles in Houthi attacks over recent days, the port's director said on Saturday. The attacks killed seven people and caused an estimated $16 million in losses, the director told a news conference. •

This strategic port's closure raises fears of escalating conflict in Yemen, despite previous truce efforts.

Aug 15 - Yemen's Mocha port has suspended commercial and maritime operations after being hit by more than 25 missiles in Houthi attacks over recent days, the port's director said on Saturday.

Yemen's Mocha port halts operations after Houthi attacks, port director says  Reuters

The intensifying confrontation has raised fears that fighting could broaden along Yemen’s western coast, with implications for maritime security in the Red Sea

Yemen Saudi-backed gov't says Houthi missiles kill four civilians in port city  Haaretz

The Houthis said they had attacked what they described as Saudi-backed military build-ups, weapons and warships belonging to Saudi-backed forces and "mercenaries" in Mocha with a large number of ballistic missiles.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen claimed responsibility for a murderous “double tap” strike on a ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, using three ballistic missiles to set the ship on fire — and then launching another missile in a deliberate attack on rescue teams, killing at least six people.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, on Tuesday, Houthi-run news agency Saba reported, and Pakistan said on Wednesday that three of its nationals had been killed in an attack on a ship.

Yemen govt says 4 killed, including 3 Pakistanis, in Houthi strike on ship in Red Sea  Dawn