Pieter-Jan Dockx

Blocking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait would be a strategic disaster for the Houthis

Over the course of the enduring civil war in Yemen, the Houthi rebels have, on various occasions, fired missiles at ships in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. In January, the group even threatened to block the entire waterway. Bab el-Mandeb is strategically important for the West. Four million barrels of oil...