Red Sea Crisis

Middle East · Updated 22 September 2026

Since 2023 Yemen's Houthi movement has attacked shipping in the Red Sea, first over the Gaza war and now, since mid-2026, in a blockade of Saudi Arabia that has revived Yemen's civil war.

A radar station consisting of a steel lattice tower equipped with parabolic and microwave antennas mounted on a concrete base. File photo. — Steffen Mokosch · CC BY-SA 4.0

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