- Iran has reportedly asked Yemen's Houthi rebels to be ready to close the Red Sea (Bab el-Mandeb) if the U.S. strikes Iranian power infrastructure — a new escalation risk.
- The Houthis have deployed drones and missiles near Bab el-Mandeb and could attack shipping, threatening a key alternative route while the Strait of Hormuz is already shut.
- Any Red Sea disruption would further squeeze global oil supplies and force costly detours around Africa, increasing energy-market and regional instability.
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