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  "textContent": "\n_The Bab Al-Mandeb Strait_ It appears that Iran is now openly coordinating with the Houthis in Yemen in closing off the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, which is the path to and from the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.\n\nThis was also foreseeable before the shooting started.\n\n> An Iranian official threatened the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a narrow waterway dividing Yemen from Africa and providing a critical trading route from the Red Sea, if the U.S. “dares to repeat its foolish mistakes,” threatening further disruptions to global trade.\n>\n> **Key Facts**\n>\n>\n>   * In an English language post on X, Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said the U.S. opposition “views Bab al-Mandeb as it does Hormuz”—the key oil-transport route Iran has effectively closed to maritime traffic as the war with the U.S. and Israel drags on.\n>   * Although Iran does not border the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, Yemen does, and Iran is closely allied with the Houthis, the Yemeni militant group that previously conducted dozens of strikes against Israel-linked vessels in the Red Sea in 2023 and 2024 in response to the war in Gaza.\n>   * The Houthis began launching missiles at military targets in Israel in late March.\n>   * The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused global oil prices to skyrocket and has pushed average gasoline prices in the U.S. above $4 per gallon, according to GasBuddy data.\n>   * The statement came hours after President Donald Trump again threatened Iran’s power plants and bridges over Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.\n>\n\n\nThe willingness of the Houthis to support Iran in this war is not a surprise. They have been close allies for decades, and Iran has shown repeatedly that they can be trusted by them.\n\nIn contrast, the United States has not been a trustworthy ally for decades, which is why our Nato allies are profoundly disinterested in forcing the Strait of Hormuz.",
  "title": "Drawing to an Inside Strait",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-06T05:21:55.455Z"
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