The Houthis renew missile and drone attacks on the port of al-Makha

The strikes target al-Makha on the Red Sea, a port held by Yemeni government forces. They fit the wider escalation around the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb, one of the two chokepoints that together with Hormuz govern oil movement between the Gulf and Europe. For European shipping it means both passages are unsafe at the same time.

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