Browsing: Houthis

Global maritime chokepoints beyond Hormuz — Bab el-Mandeb, Suez, Taiwan Strait, Malacca — each pose their own threat to global trade and energy.

Yemen’s Houthis declare a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, threatening critical Red Sea energy corridors and expanding Iran’s regional power against the US.

Yemeni forces block the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait, jeopardizing Saudi oil exports and threatening global shipping routes in a major economic escalation.

Escalating cross-border strikes and Houthi blockade threats endanger Saudi energy infrastructure, risking a wider regional conflict and humanitarian crisis.

Houthis announce a blockade targeting Saudi oil routes, endangering 7% of global energy supply amidst growing Gulf conflict and Red Sea tension.

Iranian flights to Sanaa provoke coalition runway strikes, testing regional control and stalling diplomatic settlement efforts in Yemen.

Houthi missile strikes and forbidden Iranian flights unravel Yemen’s four-year quiet, threatening Red Sea energy corridors and global trade security.

Clashes near Hodeidah shatter Yemen’s fragile truce as Houthi forces execute a strategic strike, signaling a dangerous expansion of the regional Gulf crisis.

Sustained pressure on Iran’s proxies is critical, but Tehran’s creative financing and global networks ensure these threats remain resilient and adaptive.

Washington and Tehran sign a lopsided cease-fire memorandum that leaves the nuclear file unresolved while threatening a historic retreat from the Gulf.