In September 2026 the Houthi movement took de facto control of the Hanish Islands. Officially, the islands belong to Yemenβs internationally recognized government in Aden, which formally gained sovereignty over the islands in 1998 after nearly a century of ambiguity over whether it belonged to Yemen or Eritrea (or their colonial predecessors, Britain and Italy, respectively).
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