# Will the Houthis tank the global economy?

https://mins.news/en/video/61151

- BBC News, 2026-09-16 14:46 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfW8OWm4Myc

> Over the past week, the Iran-backed Houthi militant group in Yemen has seized two strategic islands on the Red Sea coast, strengthening its control of the Bab al-Mandab, a major international shipping route. Saudi Arabia depends on access to export oil to Asia, while the closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war raises the risk of a deeper global oil supply crisis.

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