Escalating threat
Hard to believe this could make the Red Sea feel as tense as the Gulf. How much farther can this conflict spread?
Yemen govt warns Houthis plan to turn Bab Al-Mandab into ‘Red Sea’s Strait of Hormuz’
DUBAI: A Yemeni minister has warned the country’s Houthi rebels are plotting to seize land along the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, which would allow them to further threaten the vital shipping artery. Three Houthi military sources and a spokesman for the Yemeni government forces battling them near the waterway also told AFP the rebels are planning to advance south from their current territory.