Twin Chokepoint Shock: Houthis Seize Mayyun Island In Bab El-Mandeb Strait As Hormuz Disruptions Persist

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The Bab el-Mandeb Strait has become even more important with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = As Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels rapidly seize control of the area around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the entrance to the Red Sea, following the Strait of Hormuz...

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The Yemeni rebels took the islands of Little Hanish and Great Hanish, and the strategic Mayyun, or island of Perim, right in the middle of the strait. The announcement: "The navigation is safe for everyone except for Saudi Arabia"

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The Yemeni rebel group has continued its military progression on the Red Sea coast, which it now controls entirely. It has even taken over the island of Mayoun, located in the middle of the Bab El-Mandeb Strait. It is the disaster scenario so feared by the neighbouring countries and a bad news for the international trade flows but also for the United States in their war against Iran.