>thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fxil2QY0wEhttps://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/hormuz-shut-bab-el-mandeb-next-houthi-warnings-put-another-chokepoint-at-risk/ar-AA1YF9EpAs Saudi Arabia diverts oil exports through the Red Sea following Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels are warning they could target another critical maritime chokepoint - the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.The threat raises the prospect that the conflict in West Asia could disrupt two of the world's most important oil transit routes, tightening global energy markets already rattled by the halt of tanker traffic through Hormuz.Iran democracy activist Mehdi Yahyanejad wrote on Saturday that the conflict could expand to the Red Sea shipping corridor. "Now that Saudi Arabia has started the alternative oil delivery through the Red Sea, the Houthis are entering the war to block that route through the Shia-strait #2, Bab-el Mandeb."The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, located between Yemen and the Horn of Africa, connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and ultimately the Indian Ocean. It is the world's fourth-largest shipping chokepoint and a key gateway for vessels accessing the Suez Canal.Days after the Iran war began, the leader of Yemen's Houthi movement warned the group was prepared to escalate militarily if needed."Regarding military escalation and action, our fingers are on the trigger, ready to respond at any moment should developments warrant it," Abdul Malik Al-Houthi said in a televised speech quoted by AFP.
>>1497887The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency said the Iranian-backed Houthis and other "resistance groups" were on full alert and could join Tehran’s conflict with the United States and its partners. The agency warned that such involvement could result in the closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.The Houthis have also warned that if countries such as Saudi Arabia enter the conflict or attacks on Iran intensify, they could begin targeting shipping lanes. Analysts say the Bab el-Mandeb corridor would likely be their primary focus.Saudi Arabia has begun moving crude exports through its Red Sea infrastructure to bypass Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed after attacks on commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf.Ship-tracking data cited by Middle East Eye on March 12 showed that between 24 and 30 large crude carriers were heading toward the Saudi Red Sea port of Yanbu to load crude diverted from the Gulf.The shipments rely heavily on the kingdom's East-West pipeline, a 1,200-kilometre system linking the Abqaiq oil field near the Persian Gulf to Yanbu on the Red Sea.Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser said earlier this week that the kingdom was ramping up crude flows through the pipeline. According to the International Energy Agency, exports from Saudi Arabia's western ports had already surged to 5.9 million barrels per day on March 9, up from 1.7 million bpd in 2025."This is exactly what it was designed to do - bypass the strategic chokepoint of Hormuz if Iran shut it down and make Saudi Arabia the producer of last resort," Jim Krane, an energy expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, previously told Middle East Eye.
>>1497888Even with the diversion, oil shipments remain exposed because vessels transporting Saudi crude to Asia must pass through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.About 75% of Saudi Arabia's crude exports go to Asian markets, including China, India, Japan, and South Korea, meaning tankers transit the strait twice - once to collect crude and again to deliver it to buyers. "This makes the Houthis important," Greg Priddy, senior fellow for the Middle East at the Center for the National Interest, told Middle East Eye.Shipping companies have already begun reacting to the rising security risks. Danish container giant Maersk said it had paused some Red Sea transits. "Due to the deteriorating security situation in the Middle East region following the escalating military conflict, we have decided...to pause future Trans-Suez sailings through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait for the time being," the company said.Arta Moeini, managing director at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, wrote that the bombing of Kharg Island by the US was a "reckless escalation by the Trump administration."This move, he said, guaranteed Houthi intervention in the war, "which will likely result in the closure of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. We are looking at a global energy crisis that could dwarf the 1973 oil shock."For now, global oil flows are already under pressure following Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, where attacks on vessels have intensified this week. If the Bab el-Mandeb route is also disrupted, the conflict could place a second major artery of global maritime trade under threat.
They can go the long way round, up the suez through the med then down around the cape
Bidens faultHe's the one that messed up Iran to the point where Trump had to threaten the rest of the world with Tariffs to bring them into line before suddenly having to ask them for favors while simultaneously being told that his Tariffs are illegal and he may go to jail because fucking underage kids is a crime. Biden did all of it
>>1497892https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairman-royce-obama-admin-sending-plane-full-cash-iranhttps://www.cnn.com/2016/08/03/politics/us-sends-plane-iran-400-million-cashI thought it was because Obama's administration was sending Iran plane loads of cash
>>1497892>>1497895>Trump starts a war>It's everyone else's faultWhy are the Russians here like this?
>>1497898Trump stopped genocide in Iranhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres
>>1497900By murdering a bunch of school girls?Also when is he going to stop the murdering people protesting his authoritarian movies in America?
>>14979012 people died in Minnesota protesting ICE36,000 people died in Iran protesting the Ayatollah175 died in that school
>>1497902>Guys remember as long as we don't kill as many innocents as the Ayatollah did, we're fine with a few hundred slip ups
>>1497903If we had 2 people shot by ICE every single day, how many years would it take to reach the casualty count of the 2026 Iran Massacres?
>>1497898Because Americans are dumb enough to believe it.
THE HOUTHIS WONT DO SHIT THEIR LEADERSHIP IS TERRIFIED OF BEING ASSASSINATED
>>1497902>At least 2 people were murdered by trump's government peacefully protesting against Trump's authoritarian policies That's 2 people too many.
>>1497918What do you want to do about it?Trump thought 36,000 people dying in the Iran massacres was 36,000 people too many. And that's why the Ayatollah is dead.
>>1497921Just pointing out trump's latest excuse for his war mongering doesn't hold water.Also the economic crisis he created, on top of weakening US military readiness, is entirely his fault too.
>>1497931you're projecting again, esl shill
>>1497931Two people too many died in MinnesotaWhat are you going to do about it?Trump thought too many Iranians died in the massacres and he put it a stop to it
>>1497935>Two people too many died in Minnesota>>1497935Actually all the little faggots could've been mowed down by Apache helicopters and it still wouldn't be enough dead fags killed.
>>1497943you lost, bigot. the world will only get gayer from here until your final day on earth you will only watch gay people pile win after win while bigots like you take loss after loss haha
The houthis are cowards
>>1497906We're taking part in killing Iranian innocents ourselves. Trump says we're bombing them for killing civilians as we blow up a whole school full of civilian kids.
>>1497962That was just a little oopsie war is hell
>>1497902>36,000 people died in Iran protesting the AyatollahProve it
>>1497988On 25 January, Time reported that a specific list included 30,304 protest-related deaths registered in civilian hospitals for 8 and 9 January alone.[3] The same day, Iran International estimated the total number of deaths at ~36,500.[4] On 28 January, The Guardian reported that the death toll could be more than 30,000, and that less than 10% of deaths may have been officially registered.[10] AP News reported that the government's overwhelming use of violence had caused despair among the Iranian public and had given rise to hopes among some citizens for an American attack.[11] Several scholars have argued that the Iranian government now faces a fragile state that could lead to its demise.[12]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres
>>1497988you're projecting again, esl shill
>>1497997wikipedia isn't a source, esl shill
>>1497935Again, pointing out trump lack's moral authority when he's violently cracking down on and murdering peaceful protestors in his own country.So he can't use that as his latest excuse for starting a war with Iran no matter how much you think that's going to get him out of the massive disaster he created.
>>1498003if he murdered them why wasn't anyone charged with murder esl shill
>>1498005if you're a shill why do you think anyone takes you seriously
>>1498003So what are you doing about it? I'm not sure what you are planning to do about these deaths in Minnesota
>>1498008reported for being off topic esl shillthe bab el mandeb straight is bordered by an israeli proxy state to the south
Why is the news so focused on this? Why isn't it talking about the FRAUD investigation in Minneapolis. Why isn't it talking about how the DOW was above 50000? All the focus on is Epstein, Iran, and affordability. Don't you see the narrative they are spinning?
>>1498018low effort esl shill try harder trump is winning
>>1498021we know you're the low effort esl shill, you don't have to announce it every time
>>1498022you are projecting again, esl shill
>>1498025do you dream about being made fun of on this board, esl shill
>>1498028you will never be american, esl shill
>>1498008IDK Enjoy a Coke?
>>1498034>Admits he can't do anything about it I accept your concession.
>>1498038I accept your dead terrorist bodies. And I thank them for concessing their lives for illegal immigrants who didn't give a shit.
>>1498042"Concessing." Can't tell if esl shill or above average conservative retard.
>>1497906>Iran Massacres?Zionist propaganda. ashkeNAZI Zionists have murdered 6M+ Palestinians since the 1940s abetted by the United States Not to mention all the other deaths in Iraq and surrounding areas
>>1498044Dis fag don eva speek Angleesh.Him don even no about consessingHim prolly neva heard o consessure eder.wat a gay
>>1498046you're projecting again, esl shill
>>1498045nazi larp namefag what a chode
>>1498101I ain't even from da projects.
>>1498123What are you doing that's not how they talk you clearly have never been to a project before
>>1498131I made a cool volcano as a science project once though.
I farted and sharted my pantsyour move ESL shill
