Houthis seize strategic Red Sea islands as analysts warn of impending oil crunch

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Yemen's Houthi rebels seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the Red Sea, reinforcing their control over a key shipping route and advancing along the coast. This seizure, coupled with attacks on a Saudi oil pipeline and ongoing conflict, raises concerns about a potential global oil supply crunch and rising prices.

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The militant group in Yemen captured the islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish, near the chokepoint of the Bab al-Mandab straitYemen’s Houthi militants have seized two strategic islands in the Red Sea, reinforcing the Iran-backed group’s ability to control a key shipping route, as concerns mount that the world is facing a new oil supply crisis. The seizure of the islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish is the latest in the militant group’s swift advance across Yemen’s Red Sea coast, after the captur

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