Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha, the government said, pushing the Iran-backed Houthis out of most of the areas they seized last month.[8052673] Houthi-run media deny the government has made advances in the Dhubab area, which overlooks the strategic Red Sea waterway.[8019874]