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Red Sea Nations Watch as Houthis Seize Bab Al-Mandeb Strait

Summary by Al Jazeera
Houthi control of Bab al-Mandeb chokes Suez Canal revenues, triggers refugee flows, and exposes regional security gaps.

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The Houthi rebels in Yemen seizing control of the routes providing access to the Bab al-Mandeb Strait has reportedly caused concern in Tel Aviv and put the Israeli military on high alert.

The price of oil rose by almost 9% this week, reaching nearly $105 per barrel on Friday. The capture of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthis is likely to worsen the situation next week.

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#Sawalev Israeli newspapers saw accelerated developments in the Red Sea and near the Strait of Bab al-Mandab as not only part of Yemen's internal conflict, but also carry broader strategic dimensions, given the region's importance as one of the most prominent sea lanes of the world's trade and energy movement. The newspaper Didyot Aharonut said that the Houthi group's progress toward the coast, areas, and islands ... is an Israeli newspaper: the…

The route stretching from the Strait of Hormuz to Bab el-Mandeb, and from Suez to Cyprus, is no longer composed of isolated crises. The struggle over energy and trade routes is redrawing the war map of the Middle East at sea.

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lejdd.fr broke the news on Sunday, September 13, 2026.
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