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Iran seeks end to Saudi blockade of Yemen after Tehran-backed rebels take key port
- Iran urged an end to Saudi Arabia’s blockade of Yemen and offered to help restart talks after Iran-backed Houthis seized the Red Sea port of Mokha.
- The Houthis are now within 50 miles of the Bab el‑Mandeb, threatening a major shipping route — a development that could disrupt global trade and push oil prices higher.
- The fighting risks collapsing a fragile truce and worsening a humanitarian crisis for Yemen’s 40 million people, raising fears of a wider regional escalation.
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