Houthis Seize Two Islands, Raising Fears of a New Global Oil Supply Crisis
The takeover strengthens the rebels' grip on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a route used for Saudi crude exports and global oil shipments.
- Houthi rebels seized the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands in the southern Red Sea on Monday, bolstering their control over a strategic maritime shipping route amid escalating conflict.
- Fighting between Iran-aligned Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces escalated this month, prompting the rebels' swift territorial advances around the Bab Mandeb Strait.
- The International Organisation for Migration reported nearly 94,000 people have fled their homes this month, while The World Health Organisation noted more than 500 deaths in a recent week-long period.
- Taiz and Lahj are the worst-hit areas, with 48,000 displaced residents; about 200 schools in southwestern Yemen have been converted into shelters for incoming families.
- The Bab Mandeb Strait faces further threats following the Mocha port seizure last week, as the route serves as a vital shipping alternative for Saudi oil exports.
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Houthis seize control of the Red Sea, threatening Saudi oil production and a wider war
The narrow waterway linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean carries 12 percent of maritime world trade. With the Strait of Hormuz closed, this portends the opening of another front in the wider regional war between the US-Israeli bloc and Iran.
Houthis Seize Two Islands, Raising Fears of a New Global Oil Supply Crisis
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The occupation of the southern mouth of the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthis is reminiscent of the lightning-fast conquest of Mosul, which marked the Islamic State's entry onto the scene in 2014. And while in both cases a handful of attackers routed a superior force of defenders within a few hours, reclaiming the lost islands in the Red Sea and the...
The oil crisis triggered by the war with Iran is deepening as the Iranian-backed Houthis seize strategic areas in the Red Sea. The Houthis recently increased their threat around the Bab el Mandeb Strait by capturing the islands of Greater Hanish and Lesser Hanish. Last week, the Tehran-backed group also seized Mayyun (Perim) Island and Zubab, following the city of Muha in Taiz on the Red Sea coast. Read more This section contains reference point…
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