Houthis seize strategic Red Sea islands as analysts warn of impending oil crunch
A commercial vessel is anchored off Yemen's coast at Bab al-Mandab, where Houthi militants have seized new islands, further threatening the world’s oil supply. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA commercial vessel is anchored off Yemen's coast at Bab al-Mandab, where Houthi militants have seized new islands, further threatening the world’s oil supply. About 200 schools have been converted to shelters in south-western Yemen to absorb an influx of families, the International Rescue Committee said.More than 2,000 people have reportedly fled across the sea into Djibouti.
- ▪A commercial vessel is anchored off Yemen's coast at Bab al-Mandab, where Houthi militants have seized new islands, further threatening the world’s oil supply.
- ▪Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA commercial vessel is anchored off Yemen's coast at Bab al-Mandab, where Houthi militants have seized new islands, further threatening the world’s oil supply.
- ▪About 200 schools have been converted to shelters in south-western Yemen to absorb an influx of families, the International Rescue Committee said.More than 2,000 people have reportedly fled across the sea into Djibouti.
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A commercial vessel is anchored off Yemen's coast at Bab al-Mandab, where Houthi militants have seized new islands, further threatening the world’s oil supply. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA commercial vessel is anchored off Yemen's coast at Bab al-Mandab, where Houthi militants have seized new islands, further threatening the world’s oil supply. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesHouthisHouthis seize strategic Red Sea islands as analysts warn of impending oil crunchThe militant group in Yemen captured the islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish, near the chokepoint of the Bab al-Mandab straitJonathan Yerushalmy Tue 15 Sep 2026 00.22 EDTLast modified on Tue 15 Sep 2026 00.23 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleYemen’s Houthi rebels have seized two strategic islands in the…
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