At the narrow mouth of the Red Sea, where roughly a tenth of the world's maritime trade passes each day, Yemen's long war has found a new and consequential theater. Houthi forces and the internationally recognized government are locked in intensifying strikes over the Bab al-Mandeb strait — a passage whose control carries weight far beyond Yemen's borders. Tens of thousands of civilians have been uprooted in the process, adding fresh suffering to a country already hollowed by years of conflict. What unfolds here is both a local struggle for survival and a contest over the arteries of global co
Yemen fighting escalates as tens of thousands displaced over Red Sea chokepoint
Tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced due to intensified fighting between Houthi forces and Yemen's government.