# Bab el-Mandeb faces growing threat as Houthi attacks fuel fears of a second Hormuz

https://mins.news/en/item/23506

- Fox News, 2026-08-16 13:53 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/bab-el-mandeb-strait-faces-growing-threat-houthi-attacks-raise-fears-second-hormuz

> Iran-backed Houthi attacks on shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait are intensifying concerns that the waterway could become another Strait of Hormuz. The Houthis struck the Egyptian-owned cargo ship Tihamah, killing four crew members and two Yemeni rescuers. Analysts say naval forces alone may not eliminate threats from Houthi-held territory in Yemen.

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