Iran still poses a threat to oil products flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, but where does the U.S.-Israel alliance stand after October 7? Elliot Kaufman joins Paul Gigot to discuss the current ...

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DUBAI—Iran-backed Houthi militants seized a strategic island in the Bab al-Mandeb strait and a town along its mainland coast Friday, taking effective control of one of the world’s most important ...

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Qatar warned Tuesday that any closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait could have catastrophic consequences for the global economy, as the Iran-backed Houthis make new gains along Yemen’s Red Sea coast.

The Iranian-backed Houthi militants have seized a key island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic maritime chokepoint linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden, as the group expands its control ...

In a surge of attacks this week, the Houthi militia struck across Yemen’s border into Saudi Arabia; captured a strategic port on the Red Sea; and seized an island at the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth meets Italian Defense Minister Crosetto at the Pentagon — Ken Cedeno ROME, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Italy is preparing for a possible naval mission to safeguard ...

A narrow waterway located at the mouth of the Red Sea between Yemen and Djibouti has provided an escape hatch for a sizeable chunk of the Middle East’s oil. That lifeline is now looking increasingly ...

Iran’s Houthi allies have tightened their grip on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, opening a second front against global shipping just as pressure from the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz had begun to ease.

The Houthis appear to have overextended themselves in their rapid advance in SW Yemen, which saw them capture the Ras Menhali peninsula and Perim Island just offshore in the Bab el-Mandeb. The Houthis ...