The Red Sea Strait: A New Front in Iran's Proxy War The warning signs have been there for years: Yemen's Houthi movement has long sought to replicate Iran's strategy of controlling strategic waterways.
Their sights are now set on the Bab al Mandeb Strait, a narrow chokepoint connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean.
This waterway funnels a significant portion of global trade through its waters, with approximately 30 percent of global container traffic passing through the Red Sea.