WorldIran-backed Houthis seize near control of vital Bab el-Mandeb shipping lane

Officials said Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels captured strategic Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. The rapid operation opens a new front in the Iran war and threatens energy supplies, particularly Saudi oil exports, moving through the key shipping route.

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