Houthis' Red Sea advance tests US posture and global oil flows
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Iran-linked Houthi forces have surged along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, seizing key shorelines and islands and threatening to choke the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a major global oil-and-trade chokepoint. The Saudi-backed Yemeni government is responding with airstrikes, while the United States says it will not intervene directly but will assist with intelligence to protect navigation, highlighting Iran’s leverage and the risk to global energy markets and US regional strategy.
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