Houthis impose Saudi naval blockade, opening new front in US-Iran war

Iran had been pressing the Houthis to close the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea if the US continued to attack Iranian power infrastructure.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that opens a new front against ​the United States in its war on Iran and widens the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf.