And even fewer can tell you where the Bab el-Mandeb strait is located—or why its fate affects them. So why does it matter?

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted two U.S. Navy warships with multiple drones and missiles as they were traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but the attacks were not ...

The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, is rarely far from the center of global tensions. A major shipping route that handles around 26% of the world’s oil trade, ...

Two suspected attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait that links the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea, authorities said Friday.

TASS/. The Yemen-based rebel movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) has carried out two attacks on the Chrysalis vessel in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Yahya Saree, the movement’s military ...

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows an airstrip on Mayun Island, also known as Perim Island, in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen on Friday, March 28, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) ...

TASS/. Rebels from the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement (the Houthi) have staged a drone attack on a British commercial vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Al Hadath television channel reported ...

The Houthis announced this week that they would attack any Israeli ship that sails in the vicinity of Yemen, including the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandeb Strait. As of Wednesday ...

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff has rejected fears of a Russian invasion of Europe. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, he ...

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