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Houthi attacks raise fears of wider Middle East conflict and more global economic damage
Two Saudi vessels were hit by missiles in the Red Sea this week, while the Houthis claim to have turned back 10 others after warning ships to avoid Saudi ports, disrupting shipping passing through the strategic Bab El Mandeb Strait that links the southern end of the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean.
With the Strait of Hormuz closed, the Saudis have been able to partially mitigate the disruption to their oil exports by shipping millions of barrels a day through the East-West Pipeline that traverses the entire breadth of their huge country, from the oilfields of Eastern Province to the Red Sea export terminal at Yanbu' Al-Bahr.
Just like the Iranian coastline around the Strait of Hormuz, Yemen's Red Sea coastal mountains contain an infinite number of caves, tunnels and hiding places for munitions that can be brought out at short notice to attack shipping.
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