Houthis seize Perim Island and turn the Red Sea into a toll road
The world is once again learning that the distance between a stable global economy and a chaotic one is exactly the width of a few rocky islands.
By Caroline Ashford ·
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Houthis seize Bab al-Mandeb, turning a global artery into a hostage
The global economy just took a hit to the solar plexus, and the blow came from a rocky volcanic island in the middle of the Bab al-Mandeb strait.
By Grant Colby ·
Houthis seize Mocha to hold the global economy hostage
When you want to understand a war, don’t look at the map in a briefing room; look at what the people on the ground have lost. In the port of Mocha, that loss looks like 14,000 destroyed motorcycles.
By Alma Cordero ·