Yemen’s Houthis Threaten to Create Second Shipping Chokepoint in Iran Conflict

Yemen’s Houthis Threaten to Create Second Shipping Chokepoint in Iran Conflict

by John Hayward, Breitbart: The Houthi insurgents of Yemen appear to have joined the Iran conflict on behalf of their arms dealers and paymasters in Tehran by launching missiles and drones at Israel on Saturday. The danger with more global implications is that the Houthis could resume their terror attacks on shipping in the Red […]

The Houthis Join the War

Why did the group strike now, what might they do next, and how could it affect the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran? Following a month of saber rattling, the Houthis entered the Iran war on March 28 by firing missiles at southern Israel (none of which hit their targets). The move was apparently linked to the conflict’s recent escalatory trajectory. The day before the strike, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree laid out for the first time what conditions woul…

Why a second global shipping chokepoint could soon live up to its name as the ‘Gate of Tears’

LONDON: If you’d never heard of the Strait of Hormuz before, you probably have by now. Iran’s effective closure of the waterway, which usually carries about 20% of the world’s oil and gas, has put severe pressure on the global economy. Now, some analysts are warning a new flashpoint could emerge: the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. That’s because on March 28, the Houthis, a military group that controls large parts of northern Yemen and is aligned with Ira…