In the narrow waters of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, six lives were lost Tuesday when Houthi rebels struck a commercial vessel with ballistic missiles — the first confirmed deaths from such attacks in this phase of Yemen's long conflict. The strike is not an isolated act but a thread in a larger unraveling: a fragile ceasefire straining toward collapse, global shipping routes under simultaneous pressure from multiple powers, and diplomats moving urgently between capitals trying to hold something together. What happens in these straits now shapes not only Yemen's fate but the price of energy, the
Houthis kill 6 in Red Sea attack as Middle East tensions escalate
Six people killed in Houthi missile attack on vessel; dozens of government troops and civilians killed in recent Houthi attacks across Yemen.