How new Yemen tensions could complicate the global energy crisis
“If the Houthis decide to respond, believing Saudi Arabia started this… it will lead to greater escalation, and I am even more concerned about maritime navigation in the Red Sea,” Bill Putnam, former commander of the US Military Intelligence Readiness Command, told Al Jazeera.
Unlike its Gulf neighbours—such as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE, whose energy exports are largely trapped by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz—Saudi Arabia has to an extent successfully circumvented the blockade using its East-West Pipeline.
The ‘Gate of Tears’Historically known in Arabic as the “Gate of Tears” due to the historical dangers of navigating its narrow waters, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait is a 29km (18-mile) bottleneck connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
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