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Who are the Houthis, the Iran-backed rebels threatening a key maritime passage?
The group has made sweeping gains along Yemen’s Red Sea coast after conducting a large-scale military operation aimed at controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
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Why Houthi control of the ‘Gate of Tears’ may be Iran’s biggest victory yet
The waterway, which links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, is a busy transit point for crude oil, cars and other manufactured goods.
