(Web Desk) - The deputy foreign minister of the Houthi government in Sanaa has warned that the rebels may close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait off the coast of Yemen if Trump continues to obstruct peace.
“If Sanaa decides to close the Bab al-Mandeb, then all of mankind and jinn will be utterly powerless to open it,” Hussein al-Ezzi wrote in a statement on X.
“And therefore, it is best for Trump — and the complicit world — to immediately end all practices and policies that obstruct peace, and to show the respect required for the rights of our people and nation.”
Bab al-Mandeb connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and is a key shipping chokepoint that channels sea traffic towards the Suez Canal. It is 29km wide at its narrowest point, limiting traffic to two channels for inbound and outbound shipments.