This small island off Yemen is now a strategic prize in the widening Iran war

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How Yemen's Perim Island is becoming a critical new "pressure point," bringing the country to the forefront of the wider Middle East conflict

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The Houthis have launched an offensive that could lead them to control Perim.

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A small, almost deserted island off the coast of Yemen is becoming a strategic target in the escalating conflict over Iran. Perim is located in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important sea lanes. If the Tehran-backed Houthis seize it, they will have a much better position to threaten shipping between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

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Perim Island controls the entrance to the Red Sea, through which Saudi Arabia tries to bypass the blocked Strait of Hormuz.

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Almost devoid of vegetation, with sand, rocks and few buildings, Perim could look like an insignificant dot on the map. But it is located ...