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Iran's Houthi Allies Threaten to Block the Other Main Oil Route

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Houthi rebels attacked more than 100 commercial ships in the narrow Bab el-Mandeb strait between late 2023 and October 2025.

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    Iran's Houthi Allies Threaten to Block the Other Main Oil Route (opens Newsweek)

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    Houthi rebels attacked more than 100 commercial ships in the narrow Bab el-Mandeb strait between late 2023 and October 2025.

  2. KEYT Santa Barbara

    A new front is opening in the Iran war. Oil faces ‘no way out’ (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — The Houthis’ blockade of the Bab al-Mandeb strait couldn’t have come at a worse time for the oil market. Iran’s proxies in Yemen have threatened to cut off a major bypass of the Strait of Hormuz, through which oil tanker traffic has slowed dramatically in recent days.

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