Houthi maritime blockade threatens Saudi oil exports, analyst warns

Michael Stephens, a Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, tells Al Jazeera that Yemen's Houthi maritime blockade could cut off Saudi oil exports through Bab al-Mandeb, driving up global prices. He says bombing cannot defeat the group or reliably reopen the strategic waterway.

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