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Saturday 03 Oct 2015 - 14:54 Makkah mean time-20-12-1436
 Aden (IINA) - Government forces in Yemen now control the key Bab Al-Mandab Strait through which much of the world’s maritime traffic passes after retaking it from Shiite rebels, a general said Friday.
“The Bab Al-Mandab Strait is now under the total control of our troops,” Gen. Turki Ahmed said. Ahmed was one of the commanders of an offensive that Thursday seized the island of Mayyun (Perim) between the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. The narrow waterway, which separates Yemen from Djibouti only some 32 km away, funnels shipping to and from the Suez Canal, which lies at the north end of the Red Sea. Bab Al-Mandab was “brought under our control with the help of coalition forces, who provided ground, naval and air support,” Gen. Ahmed said. “The Houthis and their allies retreated to Mokha,” a Red Sea port some 20 km further north.
“We are awaiting orders from the leadership and President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi for the next move in the offensive,” Ahmed added. The attack took place “in response to rebel troop movements” toward Aden and the four other recaptured southern provinces, one source said. Yemen’s temporary capital Aden “was targeted on Thursday by a Scud missile which hit a suburb west of the city,” a source said.
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