# Explainer: How Yemen’s civil war could affect global shipping routes

https://mins.news/en/video/69523

- Guardian News, 2026-09-22 19:18 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtsknkP57rM

> Houthi militants have rapidly advanced along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and seized strategically important territory. Hundreds of civilians have been killed and more than 100,000 people displaced, putting governments around the world on edge over the conflict’s potential impact on shipping.

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