Morning update

Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: • Houthis take control of Yemen's Red Sea coast, seize Perim Island in the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait. • Iraq ordered the closure of the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran as a precautionary measure after the latest drone attacks on Saudi Arabia. • Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian has said Iran’s resistance to the US and Israel was rooted in its opposition to bullying and its su