Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance forces have officially liberated and captured the strategic port city of Al-Mukha on Yemen’s West Coast, securing a vital area with access to the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The capture of Al-Mukha marks a major battlefield development, placing one of Yemen’s most important coastal gateways under Ansarullah control and strengthening the movement’s position along the Red Sea corridor.
With Al-Mukha now under its control, Ansarullah has established control over Yemen’s entire western coastline, dealing a major blow to Saudi Arabia, the United States, and their allied proxy forces. What began as a rapid battlefield advance has now become a strategic collapse for forces that had sought to maintain control over Yemen’s ports, highways, and coastal routes through years of military intervention, blockade, and local armed networks.
Ansarullah forces also captured the Khalid bin al-Walid camp near Al-Mukha, an important military position along the Taiz-Al-Mukha highway. The camp has strategic value because it sits near a key route linking Taiz to the coast, making it significant for troop movements, supply lines, and the wider defense of the area. Its capture further weakens Saudi-backed positions and opens the way for Ansarullah to consolidate its hold over western Yemen.
Within less than 96 hours, Ansarullah reportedly took control of nearly 300 square kilometres of territory, including Hays, Al-Khokha, and Al-Mukha. The speed of the offensive reflects a sharp change in the military balance on the West Coast, where Saudi-backed formations have struggled to stop resistance forces from advancing through key strategic areas. The loss of these positions exposes the vulnerability of proxy forces that had depended heavily on foreign support.
Al-Mukha’s importance extends beyond the local battlefield because it lies close to the Bab al-Mandab Strait, one of the world’s most important maritime passages linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Control of the port gives Ansarullah greater influence over Yemen’s western maritime approaches and strengthens its ability to resist foreign pressure directed at Yemen’s coastline and strategic waterways.
For Saudi Arabia and its American Zionist proxies, the loss of Al-Mukha represents more than a routine setback. It damages their ability to use Yemen’s West Coast as a platform for military operations, economic pressure, and control over strategic ports. The advance also demonstrates that years of airstrikes, siege, and foreign-backed military operations have failed to break Yemen’s resistance or prevent it from regaining strategic ground.
The humanitarian situation remains deeply serious after years of war, blockade, displacement, and destruction of civilian infrastructure. Communities across the West Coast have lived under the threat of fighting and economic isolation, while access to food, medicine, fuel, and essential services has remained severely limited. Continued clashes around key roads and coastal areas could still endanger civilians, even as the shift in control changes the political and military reality on the ground.
As Ansarullah consolidates its control over Al-Mukha, Hays, Al-Khokha, and the surrounding military positions, the conflict on Yemen’s West Coast is entering a new phase. The liberation of Al-Mukha and the claimed control of the entire western coastline mark a major strategic victory for Yemen’s resistance, placing further pressure on Saudi Arabia and its foreign-backed allies while reshaping the balance of power near Bab al-Mandab.
