Houthi forces have pushed further along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and seized Mocha, increasing their leverage around the strategically vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The route is one of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints, and the latest advance has raised fresh fears over global trade and Saudi oil exports.
The situation is even more sensitive with disruption already affecting other major Gulf shipping routes.
One narrow stretch of water. A huge chunk of global trade.
And yet again, the world’s shipping lanes are sitting right in the middle of a war. WTF.