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CutTheClutter: Bab el-Mandab & Hormuz: Waterways turn battlefields & Yemen flares up as Houthis-Saudi war escalates
Episode 9680
Published 13 hours ago
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Yemen has flared up again with tensions escalating between Saudi Arabia and Houthis. The Iran-backed militia seized a key island (Perim) in the Bab el-Mandeb strait. #CutTheClutter Episode 1899 looks at the latest developments in the Middle East, and how the latest flare up in Yemen may alter the power equations in the country. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains how waterways are becoming battlefields, and the strategic importance of Bab el-Mandeb. ----more----Watch CutTheClutter 'Saudi Arabia & UAE are fighting in Yemen' here: https://youtu.be/2t-Sd-eibUc