Yemen's Houthis declare naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, widening threat to global oil supplies

WITH free transit of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz blocked due to the US-Iran conflict, a new chokepoint has emerged in the region: Bab al-Mandeb on the Red Sea. If free flow of marine traffic is also blocked through this passage, the impact on global commerce would be…

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President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran and the Houthi militants over attacks on Saudi tankers. Meanwhile, the UN warned that the situation is 'out of control.' DW has the latest.

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In recent weeks, Iran has hit tankers using a route hugging the Omani coast to traverse the strait, in a bid to strongarm vessels into using its own waters and pay for safe passage

Claimed attacks come days after Houthis announced naval embargo on Saudi vessels

All of the ships were travelling to or from Saudi ports before changing course, ship-tracking data shows.

Saudi oil used Red Sea to bypass Hormuz Now that route is blockaded

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The Houthi rebels, described as one of Iran's "merchants of chaos", have threatened to widen the conflict in the Middle East by declaring a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia. Here's what could happen next.

Iran-backed Houthis have threatened to impose a maritime blockade by blocking Bab al-Mandab, through which about 10% of global trade transits daily

A successful effort to ‌shut the Bab el-Mandeb Strait would strike at one of the world’s most important oil shipping routes

On Tuesday, Qatar vehemently denounced remarks by the Houthi military spokesman accusing Saudi Arabia of enforcing a siege on Yemen and choking off shipping channels. According to a statement by Qatar's Foreign Ministry on the preservation treaties to uphold relevant UN Security…

The short-term focus again was oil prices, which swung sharply as investors weighed Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis declaring a naval blockade against ‌Saudi Arabia against ⁠Reuters reporting that ⁠mediators had passed Iran a proposal to de-escalate the war with the U.S. Benchmark…

The Houthis have declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that could affect oil exports, shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and global energy markets

Iran targets US military assets as Houthis threaten to expand Mideast war

The ‘eye-for-an-eye’ move could send fuel prices soaring.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it will respond to the Houthis' threats to ships with "force".

The Houthis, the Iran-backed militant group based in Yemen, on Monday announced that they have set up a blockade on Saudi Arabia, ramping up the potential for tensions in the Red Sea. The Yemeni militia has not offered any specifics on what the blockade will entail, only that it…

Bab el-Mandeb, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is the gateway to the Red Sea through which around 12% of the world’s trade usually passes

Group said that the move was ‘based on the equation of “an eye for an eye”, effective immediately’

The militants, in a statement carried by state news, accused the Saudis of laying an "aggressive siege" against them.

In a statement, the Houthis' military spokesperson Yahya Saree says the group will enforce the blockade against its "criminal Saudi enemy", effective immediately.

The rebels "declare a maritime embargo against the criminal Saudi enemy, based on the equation of 'an eye for an eye,' effective immediately upon the issuance of this statement," military spokesman Yahya Saree said.

Decision ​in response to unjust, oppressive siege imposed on Yemen by the Saudis, according to a Houthi spokesperson