Bab el-Mandeb: The Houthi-Iran Bridge to Swallow Africa and Choke the Indian Ocean

Early WarningBab el-Mandeb: The Houthi-Iran Bridge to Swallow Africa and Choke the Indian OceanCrisis Observatory – Special ReportThis early warning is based on exclusive source intelligence.For decades, the West viewed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait through a merchant's lens—merely a "vertical" waterway through which oil tankers and cargo containers pass. Yet, while the world counted passing ships, the Houthis and their masters in Tehran were reading the map horizontally, in a terrifyingly expansive way. The recent escalation and Houthi expansion toward Yemen’s western coast were...