Houthi offensive on Bab el-Mandeb Strait threatens new Red Sea shipping crisis

A battle for control of Yemen’s coastal plains overlooking the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, launched on Friday by Ira

n-aligned Houthi rebels, is rapidly intensifying into an all-out war with Saudi-backed government forces. A wave of Houthi missile and drone strikes launched against four cities in southern Saudi Arab...

via South China Morning Post