Yemen’s Houthi Movement is pushing to model Iran’s Hormuz control in the Red Sea by disrupting shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb, according to Yemen’s top diplomat.
International Response
The Houthis have been emboldened by an insufficient international response, said Yemeni Foreign Minister-designate Afrah Al-Zouba. The Red Sea has become a new front in the Iran war, with the Houthis taking an escalatory approach against Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has responded with airstrikes on what it said were Houthi military facilities and said it would protect commercial shipping, accusing the Houthis of serving foreign agendas.
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