US Navy Adm. Brad Cooper flew to the kingdom overnight Thursday as Yemen’s Riyadh-backed forces crumbled in the face of a lightning Houthi offensive
Houthis took critical chokepoint out of red sea that they couldn’t do for many years and now can effectively close it just like Iran closed other one- with very little effort needed. That effectively controls Suez passage
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/12/middleeast/yemen-houthi-saudi-us-blame-intl
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/centcom-chief-saudi-arabia-yemens-houthis-seize-bab-al-mandeb
Houthis took critical chokepoint out of red sea that they couldn’t do for many years and now can effectively close it just like Iran closed other one- with very little effort needed. That effectively controls Suez passage
Amazing, this isn’t news in my country at all. Thanks!