Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Houthi rebels’ control of Red Sea oil chokepoint exposes deep divisions in Brics

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par Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham

Houthi rebel forces have seized the Yemeni port of Mokha as well as Mayyun Island overlooking the Bab el-Mandab strait. This gives Iran’s most powerful remaining proxy force in the Middle East nearly complete control of Yemen’s entire Red Sea coast.

Directly or indirectly, Tehran now has a chokehold on around 12% of global trade that passes through that waterway. It is also maintaining its pressure on the Strait…

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