In the narrow waters of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, where geography has long made commerce and conflict inseparable, six lives were lost Tuesday when Houthi rebels struck a commercial vessel with ballistic missiles — the first confirmed deaths from such attacks in a new phase of hostilities. The strike is not merely a local tragedy but a signal that Yemen's fragile 2022 ceasefire is giving way, at a moment when the Red Sea has become the world's most consequential alternate oil route. What unfolds in this slender passage between Yemen and the Horn of Africa may determine not only the fate of a c
Houthi missile attack kills 6 on vessel in Red Sea strait
Six people killed in attack: four crew members and two government-allied fighters on commercial vessel in Red Sea.