Event details
Houthi officials warned they could fully close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the chokepoint linking the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, warning against foreign intervention in Yemen after their forces seized the Red Sea coast.
Context
A closure of Bab al-Mandeb would cut off a major alternate shipping route already strained by the Hormuz crisis, threatening to sever remaining maritime trade options between Europe, the Gulf and Asia.
- Local time
- 10:30 PM Aden time, Sep 12, 2026
- Location
- Bab al-Mandeb Strait, Yemen
- Relationship
- Update