{"id":31286,"date":"2026-09-10T20:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=31286"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:06:02","slug":"control-of-al-mokha-is-the-beginning-of-control-over-the-bab-al-mandab-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/control-of-al-mokha-is-the-beginning-of-control-over-the-bab-al-mandab-strait\/","title":{"rendered":"Control of Al-Mokha Is the Beginning of Control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>65<\/h4>\n<h4>Control of Al-Mokha Is the Beginning of Control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait<\/h4>\n<h4>From a geopolitical and military perspective, control of Al-Mokha can be considered a very important factor in the struggle over Bab al-Mandab. However, it is more accurate not to say that it automatically means control of the strait.<\/h4>\n<h4>Why Is Al-Mokha Important?<\/h4>\n<h4>Al-Mokha is located on Yemen\u2019s western coast and is relatively close to Bab al-Mandab.<\/h4>\n<h4>Controlling it gives the controlling side a maritime foothold and a position from which to monitor maritime movement in the area.<\/h4>\n<h4>Al-Mokha could become part of a military network encompassing Yemen\u2019s western coast, the islands, and locations near the strait.<\/h4>\n<h4>However, Bab al-Mandab itself is an international maritime passage, and control of the city of Al-Mokha does not legally or militarily mean possessing full control of the strait.<\/h4>\n<h4>The Decisive Factor<\/h4>\n<h4>If control of Al-Mokha + the coastline extending southward + strategically significant positions and islands near the strait + missile\/naval capabilities and surveillance are combined, the ability to influence navigation through Bab al-Mandab becomes much greater.<\/h4>\n<h4>Therefore, your idea can be phrased more precisely as follows:<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cControl of Al-Mokha could be an important strategic step toward establishing influence over Bab al-Mandab, but by itself it does not constitute control of the strait.\u201d<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>65 Control of Al-Mokha Is the Beginning of Control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait From a geopolitical and military perspective, control of Al-Mokha can be considered a very important factor in the struggle over Bab al-Mandab. However, it is more accurate not to say that it automatically means control of the strait. Why Is Al-Mokha &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":31139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1485],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-various-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31287,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31286\/revisions\/31287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}