From Hormuz to Bab al-Mandab: strengthening the naval levers of Iran and the Houthis in the regional equations.
Recent military developments in western Yemen and the withdrawal of the forces associated with the Saudi government from the Bab al-Mandab region have strengthened the position of the Houthis in the vicinity of this strategic transition, a change that reminds, together with the developments in the Strait of Hormuz, the importance of the two vital trade and energy routes in the world in the security equations of the region.