Wasu majiyoyi biyu daga gwamnatin Yemen sun shaida wa kamfanin dillancin labarai na Reuters cewa mayaƙan Houthi sun isa garin Dhubab, da ke arewacin mashigar ruwan Bab al-Mandab.
Dhubab, da ke yammacin lardin Taiz a gabar tekun Yemen, shi ne ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da suka fi kusa da tsibirin Mayun, wanda ke da muhimmiyar rawa wajen sarrafa zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa a mashigar Bab al-Mandab.
Majiyoyin sun kuma ce jiragen yaƙin Saudiyya sun kai hari kan filin jirgin saman Mocha, yayin da rahotanni ke cewa tashar jiragen ruwa ta Mocha ta faɗa ƙarƙashin ikon mayaƙan Houthi a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan.
Masana harkokin tsaro na ganin cewa samun iko da Dhubab da kuma tsibirin Mayun na da matuƙar muhimmanci, saboda hakan na bai wa Houthis damar ƙara matsa lamba kan zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa da ke ratsa mashigar Bab al-Mandab.
Bab al-Mandab na ɗaya daga cikin muhimman hanyoyin safarar kayayyaki da makamashi tsakanin Bahar Maliya da Tekun Indiya, lamarin da ke sa duk wani rikici a yankin ya iya yin tasiri ga kasuwannin duniya.
Ƙarin tasirin Houthis a yankin Bab al-Mandab, tare da rahotannin ƙaruwar hare-hare kan jiragen dakon mai a mashigar Hormuz a cikin makon da ya gabata, ya ƙara tayar da hankalin kasuwannin makamashi.
Wannan yanayi na barazana ga manyan hanyoyin safarar mai na duniya na iya haifar da ƙarin tashin farashin man fetur da dizal, musamman idan rikicin ya haifar da cikas ga zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa.
Sai dai ikirarin cewa Houthis sun mallaki kusan gaba ɗaya mashigar Bab al-Mandab na buƙatar ƙarin tabbaci daga majiyoyi masu zaman kansu da hukumomin da abin ya shafa.