ConfirmedMilitary & securityMokha, Yemen
Houthi missiles hit Yemen's Mokha port, killing several people; port suspends operations
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 9:57 PM in Aden
- Where
- Mokha, Yemen
Yemen's government said the Houthis fired six ballistic missiles at Mokha port on Friday evening; a military official told AFP five hit commercial ships unloading there and six people were killed, while the port director put the toll at three, including two marines. The director said on Saturday that operations were suspended after more than 25 missiles in recent attacks caused about $16 million in losses.
Why it matters
Mokha is a government-held Red Sea port; the Houthis said they targeted Saudi forces there, part of a widening Houthi war with Riyadh and its Yemeni allies.
Sources (7)
- The Times of Israeltimesofisrael.com
- Associated Pressapnews.comPublished
- Reutersreuters.com
- CBS Newscbsnews.comPublished
- CNNcnn.comPublished
- CNN (2)cnn.comPublished
- CBS News (2)cbsnews.comPublished
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Corrections
- Corrected the headline (it read "Houthi missile strike kills at least three at Yemen's Mokha port"); revised the summary; revised the context note; changed the confidence label from reported to confirmed; reclassified it from military-attack to missile-drone-attack; updated the sourcing note; merged a duplicate entry into this one ("Yemen's Mocha port suspends commercial operations"); added 4 sources: CBS News, CNN; removed an unverified publication date from Reuters (2026-08-15). Why and evidence
- Corrected the headline (it read "Houthi Missile Strike on Yemen's Mokha Port Kills Six"); revised the summary; revised the context note; updated the sourcing note; added a source: Associated Press. Why and evidence