GMS Week 30– CRUDE CROSSES, WATERS RECEDE

AI Summary

American strikes in Yemen continued for a thirteenth night as the conflict map expanded. Houthis attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea and threatened a blockade of Bab al-Mandab Strait, impacting Saudi oil transport routes.

The thirteenth consecutive night of American strikes closed out the week, and for the first time since this conflict began, the map grew. Yemen’s Houthis struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea and threatened a blockade of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the route Saudi barrels had been taking around a shut Hormuz. Washington ...