# Houthi threat to Bab al-Mandeb Strait could stretch US forces, former envoy says

https://mins.news/en/video/53847

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-11 00:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYaKRp4S6-k

> Henry Ensher, a former US ambassador to Algeria and deputy assistant secretary of state, says Yemen’s Houthis could seize the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait and that the US lacks the capacity to prevent it. He said the Iran-backed group wants at least to threaten the vital trade route for its own aims and because of its alliance with Tehran.

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