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  "id": 6573499,
  "title": "Yemen’s Houthis seize port city Mocha, closing in on control of Bab el-Mandeb Strait",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/yemens-houthis-seize-port-city-mocha-closing-in-on-control-of-bab-el",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T10:30:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3367067/yemens-houthis-seize-port-city-mocha-closing-control-bab-el-mandeb-strait"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of the historic port city of Mocha on Thursday, four Yemeni government military sources said, gaining further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. The Houthis were launching attacks on the strategic Red Sea islands of Hanish, the government sources told Reuters. Government forces and their allies are…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Yemen Houthis report 40 Saudi airstrikes as fighting escalates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/yemen-houthis-report-40-saudi-airstrikes-as-fighting-escalates",
        "published": "2026-09-10T08:34:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Yemen’s Houthis report about 40 Saudi strikes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/yemens-houthis-report-about-40-saudi-strikes",
        "published": "2026-09-10T09:50:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Yemen's Houthis close in on stranglehold over strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/yemens-houthis-close-in-on-stranglehold-over-strategic-bab-el-mandeb",
        "published": "2026-09-10T10:04:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Yemen's Houthis close in on stranglehold over strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/yemens-houthis-close-in-on-stranglehold-over-strategic-bab-el-mandeb-6576572",
        "published": "2026-09-10T10:33:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Houthis seize Mocha: How Yemen port gave its name to world-famous coffee",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/houthis-seize-mocha-how-yemen-port-gave-its-name-to-world-famous",
        "published": "2026-09-10T11:18:05.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}