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The National · United Arab Emirates · Houthis hold fire on Red Sea shipping — but threaten to choke Bab el-Mandeb if war reignites
Probes why the Houthis stayed off commercial shipping during the Iran war — a calibrated, conditional posture tied to political timing rather than degraded capacity.
“Three weeks into the Iran war, the mystery is the absence of Houthi attacks on Red Sea ships — a calibrated pause, not an end of capability.”