In the early days of September 2026, Houthi forces swept across Yemen's Red Sea coast with startling speed, seizing 130 kilometers of shoreline and positioning Iran to command two of the world's most consequential maritime passages. This is not merely a territorial shift in a long-broken country — it is a reconfiguration of global economic leverage, placing the arteries of international oil and fuel trade under the shadow of a single regional power. Twelve years of civil war, foreign airstrikes, and proxy conflict have not diminished the Houthis; they have hardened them, and the world is now r
Houthi coastal gains reshape Middle East power dynamics, threaten global shipping
Yemen's population faces worsening conditions from displacement, bombing, starvation and impoverishment caused by 12 years of civil war.