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Aleksandar Brezar

Houthis to copy Iran's Hormuz playbook with Red Sea toll plan

The Houthi armed group is working with Iran to charge ships to transit the Bab el-Mandeb in the Red Sea, threatening another waterway after Tehran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a minister in Yemen's internationally recognised government said on Wednesday.

The Bab el-Mandeb, a narrow maritime artery in the Red Sea whose name means "Gate of Tears" in Arabic, has been a critical route for delivering crude to the international market after Tehran's attacks and threats choked off Gulf energy exports via Hormuz.

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