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Houthis advance on Bab el-Mandeb as Saudi pipeline shutdown raises oil risks
On Sept. 11, Saudi
Arabia announced the suspension of operations on a key pipeline carrying
oil overland from the country’s east to its west. The move followed a drone
attack and came shortly after Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen seized a
strategically important island and port in the southern Red Sea, bringing them
closer to controlling the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
16 September, 12:24 PM
