The Houthis have declared a "complete and total ban" on Israeli-linked vessels passing through the Red Sea, and will treat allegedly Israeli-linked vessels as military targets.
The Iran-backed Houthis’ declaration of a ban on Israeli-linked vessels passing through the Red Sea has raised concerns regarding further disruptions to global trade , compounding cost hikes stemming from the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Houthis have declared a “complete and total ban” on Israeli-linked vessels passing through the Red Sea and will treat vessels believed to have Israeli links as military targets. DETAIL: On Monday, the Houthis, an Iran-backed terrorist organization that controls much of Yemen, issued a statement announcing their intention to prevent allegedly Israeli-linked vessels from passing through the Red Sea. The announcement was issued in response to Israeli military…Open
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Foreign Affairs Is Hormuz Washington’s Suez Moment? Battlefield heroics don’t always translate into strategic victories. On July 26, 1956, Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company, a British/French-controlled entity managing the operation of the Suez Canal, a critical chokepoint in international maritime commerce since its opening in the later 1800s. Nasser acted in order to fund the Aswan High Dam after promised financing by the World Bank was rescinded by Western leaders—principally Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Prime Minister Antony Eden—who were frustrated by Nasser’s Cold War policies. Nasser’s unprecedented action precipitated the secret Israeli-French-British Sevres…Open
n a televised address to the nation, Macron said that action needed to be taken with the Straits of Hormuz closed and the Suez Canal and Red Sea shipping routes threatened by the widening conflict.