Tag: bab-el-Mandeb

  • Yemen sees ports reopen

    Closures condemned internationally. Yemen sees ports reopen Saudi Arabia has reopened some ports in Yemen a week after the Saudi-led military coalition battling the Houthi movement there announced a temporary […]

  • Some Yemen ports to open

    Port closures led to significant political pressure. Saudi-Led Coalition to Reopen Some Yemen Ports A Saudi-led coalition says it will reopen some airports and seaports in Yemen in order to […]

  • Houthi mine plot foiled

    Terror plot included using booby-trapped boats, divers Coalition thwarts new Houthi sea mining attempt Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: An imminent Houthi attack to target international shipping lines and trade had […]

  • UN warns on Yemen

    Port closures cause havoc. Yemen conflict: UN official warns of world’s biggest famine Yemen faces the world’s largest famine in decades “with millions of victims” if aid deliveries are not […]

  • Houthis, Iran and Yemen

    Analysts say Iran could threaten oil flow through the strategic Bab el Mandeb strait but navy monitoring hopes to mitigate any risk Iran ‘could use Houthis to disrupt key maritime routes’ […]

  • CMF Issues Guidance

    CMF establishes a new secure transit corridor off Yemen. Guidance on Maritime Security Transit Corridor The following information from the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) relates to transits through the Gulf […]

  • Red Sea security

    Spillover from Yemen conflict is risk to shipping. Royal Saudi Navy Chief: Bab al-Mandeb and Red Sea security paramount The commander of the Saudi Royal Navy stressed the importance of […]

  • Iran, Indo stress cooperation

    The irony is that Iran is accused of giving Yemen’s Houthis anti-ship missiles… Iran, Indonesia stress coop. on fighting maritime terrorism TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) – Navy Commander Habibollah Sayyari […]

  • More migrants killed

    Concern grows over migrant deaths. Yemen migrants killed in ‘second deliberate drowning’ At least 19 migrants have died after being deliberately drowned, the UN’s migration agency says. Many of the drowned […]

  • Hodeidah showdown nears

    Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Red Sea still a danger for shipping. Yemen government will not let Houthis keep Hodeidah: minister CAIRO (Reuters) – The Saudi-backed Yemeni government will not allow […]