Gate of Tears: How key shipping route Bab al-Mandab became next front in the US-Iran war
- Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have declared they will impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, cutting off the vital Bab al-Mandab Strait.
- The threat marks yet another potential blow to the global economy as Tehran continues to frustrate Donald Trump’s efforts to bring the war he began with Israel in February to a close.
- The Houthis control areas near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which sits on the opposite end of the Arabian Peninsula from the Strait of Hormuz.
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- Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have declared they will impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, cutting off the vital Bab al-Mandab Strait.
- The threat marks yet another potential blow to the global economy as Tehran continues to frustrate Donald Trump’s efforts to bring the war he began with Israel in February to a close.
- The Houthis control areas near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which sits on the opposite end of the Arabian Peninsula from the Strait of Hormuz.
Sources: The Independent