The strategic capture of the Bab al-Mandeb strait coincides with drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, leaving the kingdom with no short-haul export routes.
The collapse of a decade-old coastal defense line puts the Red Sea's primary energy bypass at risk and triggers mass civilian displacement.
Strategic Houthi advances toward the port of al-Mukha threaten 10% of global maritime trade, coinciding with record US diesel prices and escalating nuclear tensions.
A coordinated Houthi offensive in Yemen killed seven people and a separate drone struck a Saudi refinery, testing a newly signed defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan.
A coordinated barrage of Houthi drone and missile strikes killed at least 58 Yemeni government forces, shattering a cessation of hostilities.