Houthis declare blockade on Saudi Arabia, threatening critical oil passage | ABC NEWS

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have imposed a blockade on Saudi Arabia, threatening to cut off another crucial shipping passage through to the Red Sea.
A closure of the Bab al-Mandab Strait would disrupt the flow of millions of barrels of oil from Saudi Arabia, whose eastern ports have been insulating the country's economy and global oil market from the effects of the Iran war.
The US and Iran have continued to exchange fire despite mediators Qatar and Pakistan’s calls for a 10-day ceasefire.

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