Sanaa's forces just liberated the entire Red Sea coast and smashed the Saudi-backed mercenary lines in days, proving a decade of blockade and bombing accomplished nothing. Riyadh answered with dozens of airstrikes on Taiz, Hodeidah, Marib and Jawf, yet Yemen still holds the Gate of Tears and pledges navigation stays safe. Siege for a siege is working, and no amount of Saudi jets or Gulf pacts changes that.
This is an Iranian land grab dressed up as a Yemeni victory, run with Revolutionary Guard commanders on the ground and Tehran's cash, drones and missiles. With Hormuz already choked, handing a proxy militia control of Bab el-Mandeb squeezes the world's last open oil corridor and sends crude past $100 and diesel past $6 a gallon. Promises of safe navigation mean nothing from a group that already blockades shipping.
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