The strategic importance of the Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb straits has shaped centuries of maritime rivalry. From Zheng He and Portuguese dominance to British and US influence, history shows ...

The strategic importance of the Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb straits has shaped centuries of maritime rivalry. From Zheng He and ...

Yahya Rahim Safavi, an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said linking the Persian Gulf and Red Sea battlefronts ...

Gulf nations are advancing export routes to bypass key chokepoints; Saudi Arabia's oil loadings fell to 2.1 million bpd in mid-September amid regional tensions.. Gulf producers race to bypass Hormuz ...

Over recent months, the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb have become synonymous with geopolitical jostling. Whoever ...

Iran Security Council Secretary Rezaei warns of second front at Bab El-Mandeb. Conflict expansion triggered by new US escalation. Strategic risk extends to Strait of Hormuz and Bab El-Mandeb. Previous ...

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis say 408 commercial ships transited the Bab al-Mandeb Strait between September 11 and 21, the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed ​bin Salman on Tuesday in which they highlighted ‌the need for safe passage via the Bab el-Mandeb and Hormuz straits ...

This article is authored by Jajati K Pattnaik and Chandan Panda.

Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb both constrained—would hit Pakistan’s import bill for fuel, edible oil and fertiliser precisely when ...

Mandeb would give Iran and its allied groups greater strategic leverage over one of the world's most important maritime chokepoints, ...