India ‘Concerned’ Over Houthi Attacks On Saudi Arabia, Flags Threat To Bab-el-Mandeb Strait

The Houthis have been advancing towards the key strait and have captured multiple strategic islands. A separate attack that day, which Riyadh blamed on Iran-backed fighters in Iraq, knocked out Saudi Arabia’s east-west pipeline. It is estimated that the closure could cut off as much as 4 per cent of the global oil supply and could take weeks to restart.