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Similar tactics have been employed successfully by the Houthi militia in Yemen to disrupt traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb strait leading into the Red Sea on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula.

Since late 2023, much of the focus on protecting shipping has switched away from the Strait of Hormuz and onto the southern Red Sea, the region’s other vital waterway, and the Bab el-Mandeb ...

Given that nearly half of the world’s seaborne oil (around 43 million barrels per day) transits through chokepoints like Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, and the Suez Canal, multipronged disruption is no ...

Escalating tensions between Iran and Israel have reignited concerns about global energy and input flows through the Middle East, placing renewed geopolitical stress on one of the world’s most ...

While there have been no major disruptions to the global oil supply so far, the attacks on Iran — by Israel and then the US — have rattled investors, sending oil futures soaring by around 10% ...

Its operations cover approximately 6.5 million square km of water, spanning crucial choke points such as the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.