Egyptian-Houthi struggle for control of the Red Sea

Egypt stands to suffer some of the greatest losses from the escalating tensions in Bab Al-Mandab and the Red Sea, amid serious concerns that disruption to shipping through the Suez Canal could result in heavy economic, security and strategic costs. The Houthis’influence in Yemen, coupled with their intensifying attacks on Saudi territory and facilities and their control of strategic sites and islands at the entrance to the Red Sea, poses a serious threat to Egyptian influence and raises the prospect of a new Hormuz scenario for the region and the world. Cairo is facing a new regional reality that threatens not only international shipping and Suez Canal revenues, but also its regional standing, placing a poisoned dagger at its eastern […]