Yemen's FM says Houthis using Bab al-Mandeb to mirror Iran's pressure

XLE•2026-07-27

Houthis accused of copying Iran's shipping pressure model

RIYADH, July 27 (Reuters) - Afrah al-Zouba, the Foreign Minister Designate of Yemen’s internationally recognised Saudi-backed government said the Houthis were seeking to replicate Iran's model of trying to impose control on international shipping around the Strait of Hormuz in the Bab el-Mandeb.

The group had been emboldened by what she called an insufficiently serious international response to attacks on commercial shipping over the past years, al-Zouba told a small group of journalists including Reuters on Monday.

Yemen's FM says Houthis using Bab al-Mandeb to mirror Iran's pressure

Houthis accused of copying Iran's shipping pressure model

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