The Houthis are making gains in Yemen and taking over western Yemen.

Posted by The MeidasTouch Podcast, Sep 15, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Confidence: 80%

The MeidasTouch PodcastSep 15, 2026

As of 2026-09-15, multiple reliable sources report Houthi territorial gains that included taking control of much of western Yemen's Red Sea coast, including Mocha, Dhubab and Perim Island, so the claim holds.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… I keep you get it, get the point. These are international forces, and it's not a shocker when you see the Saudi Arabian royal family on the ropes right now, as Ansarallah, the Houthis, are making massive gains in Yemen, taking over all of western Yemen, and not just moving east as they head to Aden and some of these other cities, and not just striking the refineries in Yamboo, western Saudi Arabia, Abqiaq, eastern Saudi Arabia, but the very foundation of the Saudi monarchy, the Jordanian monarchy. …

The MeidasTouch Podcast · Sep 15, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Supports. Reuters on 2026-09-15 reported Houthis launching attacks on Saudi Arabia while digging into positions along Yemen's western Red Sea coast, after recent advances including the taking of Perim Island.[1]

Supports. AP reported on 2026-09-23 that the Houthis control the country's north and have recently advanced along its Red Sea coastline, and NPR reported that Houthi fighters swept into the western port city of Mokha, displacing around 125,000 people.[2][3]

Supports. The ACLED analysis describes the Houthis making major territorial gains across western Yemen in September 2026, capturing the Red Sea port of Mukha, and conquering the West Coast region in its entirety in early September.[4]

Contradicts. The post's phrase 'all of western Yemen' is not supported; sources show the Houthis took much of the western coast, while Yemeni government forces later retook some areas such as parts of the Bab al-Mandab coast and Mocha was not retaken, so the total-takeover reading is overstated.[4][5]

Context. Government counteroffensives in late October and early November pushed the Houthis out of most areas seized in September, but this post-dates the claim and does not change its status on 2026-09-15.[6][7]