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?

The United States will have found that the Houthis are still firing missiles into the Bab al Mandeb against international shipping at the southern approach to the Suez canal. Airstrikes alone ...

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 ...

Two American Navy warships were attacked by Yemen-based Houthi rebels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital shipping route connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. The United States Navy ...

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.

A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a Liberian-flagged tanker in the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Wednesday, as authorities acknowledged the rebels launched their longest-range ...

Djibouti, with only 8,960 square miles of territory, is located in a unique strategic position, right at the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. This passage is vital ...

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) ...

DUBAI, December 3. /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 ...

Scenarios of Bab al-Mandeb closure: Threat to energy supplies, as Bab al-Mandeb is a key route for oil from the region to Europe and the US Any disruption could affect global oil prices. • Yemen's ...