Dark clouds of war appear to be gathering over the Middle
East once again. On one side is the Iran US conflict. On the other is the rapid
military advance of the Houthis in Yemen. Amid these two crises, the biggest
concern now is one of the world’s most important waterways, the Bab al-Mandab
Strait.
The Iran backed Houthis achieved a major territorial gain on
Friday after only a few days of operations along Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Saudi
backed Yemeni government forces retreated after 18 ho...