Houthis Take Bab Al-Mandeb as Second Oil Chokepoint Falls
The takeover gives the Houthis leverage over Saudi Arabia and puts about 12% of global trade through the strait at risk, analysts said.
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Trump Has His Back to the Wall: Yemen’s Blow and US Midterms
By William Serafino – Sep 17, 2026 In a rapid and strong military offensive on the Yemeni coast of the Red Sea, the political-military movement Ansarallah (the de facto government of Yemen) has gained strategic influence over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a commercial and fuel route whose geopolitical significance has increased exponentially since oil traffic […]
Yemeni forces battle Houthi assaults on strategic heights overlooking Bab Al-Mandab
AL-MUKALLA: Heavy fighting between Yemeni government forces and the Iran-backed Houthis continued on Thursday for a fourth consecutive day around a strategic mountain in Al-Madaribah Wa Al-Aarah overlooking the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, as the militia seeks to seize high ground dominating the vital Red Sea waterway. A Yemeni government official familiar with the situation along the Red Sea coast told Arab News that the Houthis had launched intense a…
The advance of the Houthi along the Yemeni coast of the Red Sea is opening a new fracture in the Gulf's security architecture.... L'articolo The Houthi advance to Bab el-Mandeb and redesign the Gulf security comes from The Reformist.
Al-Houthi, near Bab al-Mandab on the Red Sea, through a coordinated alliance with Iraq, Iran, and other partners, provide military capabilities and strategic support. According to the Israeli newspaper, the rapid progress of Al-Houthi and the media...
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