Commercial traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait fell to its lowest level in months on July 26, shipping data showed, as Yemen’s Houthi forces continued attacks and threats against Saudi-linked shipping despite a pause in U.S.–Iran military strikes.
Eleven commodity vessels passed through the narrow waterway linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden on Sunday, according to Kpler data. Seven were oil tankers, including three that entered the Red Sea.
The slowdown followed Houthi claims that the group struck Saudi Aramco facilities in the Red Sea cities of Jizan and Yanbu on July 25, after Saudi-led coalition forces hit Houthi targets in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah….