Iran, Houthis strike tankers as US bombing continues: What’s the latest?
With the Houthi naval blockade, shipping disruptions now impact the Bab al-Mandeb strait in addition to Hormuz.
With the Houthi naval blockade, shipping disruptions now impact the Bab al-Mandeb strait in addition to Hormuz.
The disruption of crucial maritime chokepoints (Bab al-Mandeb and Hormuz straits) parallels the prophecy of the Euphrates drying up to prepare the way for kings of the east. Both involve removal of natural/strategic barriers that control regional access and military movement, though the Euphrates prophecy is more directly eschatological while this represents current geopolitical disruption of trade routes.