After Strait of Hormuz, Iran turns to Bab el-Mandeb as new pressure point - analysis
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
Published: 2026-07-15 01:18 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Middle East, Iran, Energy, World News, US Politics
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Having choked off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now signaling it could play its most dangerous card yet: using their Yemeni proxy organization, the Houthis, to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea, opening a new front against Washington and putting two of the world's most vital energy arteries at risk.
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