{"id":369332,"date":"2026-07-20T20:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=369332"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:57:40","slug":"iran-backed-houthis-say-they-are-going-to-block-saudi-shipping-at-red-sea-gateway-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/iran-backed-houthis-say-they-are-going-to-block-saudi-shipping-at-red-sea-gateway-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-backed Houthis say they are going to block Saudi shipping at Red Sea gateway &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Yemen\u2018s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Monday announced they&#8217;re imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on Sanaa International Airport, threatening one other vital waterway for global shipping and raising fears of renewed conflict.<\/p>\n<p>A Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said in a video statement that the maritime ban against Saudi Arabia can be effective immediately, describing it as an \u201cequation of \u2018an eye fixed for an eye fixed.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been few details, however the deputy head of the Houthi media office, Nasruddin Amer, said on X that the Bab al-Mandeb strait can be closed in response to what he called Saudi Arabia\u2019s \u201cunjust blockade on Yemenis for over 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bab el-Mandeb, on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is the gateway to the Red Sea through which around 12 per cent of the world\u2019s trade often passes. A fourth of world container trade transits through the 32-kilometer (20-mile)-wide strait to and from the Suez Canal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Houthis earlier demonstrated their ability to disrupt shipping there once they targeted ships for months over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, with over 100 vessels attacked. It&#8217;s unclear whether the Houthis will resume that level of attack against neighboring Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"related_videos\">\n<div class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--video\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title\">Related Videos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"miniplayer-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 5 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11750356\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/playlist\/11750356,11750184,11166666,11086840,11084431\/?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fmedia.globalnews.ca%2Fvideostatic%2Fnews%2Fu3zutscpaj-gqgtw0rd76%2FStrait-Of-Hormuz.jpg%3Fw%3D1200%26quality%3D70%26strip%3Dall#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer\" data-displayinline-playlist=\"11750356,11750184,11166666,11086840,11084431\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data='{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Houthis enter Iran war amid strikes on Israel\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\"],\"keywords\":[\"houthis\",\"international\",\"iran-war\",\"israel\",\"middle-east-conflict\",\"short-clip\",\"us-iran-war\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Business and Industrial\",\"News\",\"Sensitive Subjects\"],\"tags\":[\"2026 Iran war\",\"Abha International Airport\",\"Airspace\",\"Airstrike\",\"Ali Khamenei\",\"Arabian Peninsula\",\"Axis of Resistance\",\"Bab-el-Mandeb\",\"Ballistic missile\",\"Blockade\",\"Cape of Good Hope\",\"Ceasefire\",\"Economic sanctions\",\"Exile\",\"Gaza Strip\",\"Gaza war\",\"Houthis\",\"Iran\",\"Iraq\",\"Israel\",\"Lebanon\",\"Missile\",\"Palestine\",\"Petroleum\",\"Pipeline\",\"Red Sea\",\"Red Sea crisis\",\"Sanaa\",\"Sanaa International Airport\",\"Sari\",\"Saudi Arabia\",\"Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war\",\"Ship\",\"Strait\",\"Strait of Hormuz\",\"Suez Canal\",\"Supreme Leader of Iran\",\"Target ship\",\"United States\",\"Unmanned aerial vehicle\",\"War\",\"Weapon\",\"Yahya Saree\",\"Yemen\",\"Yemeni Civil War (2014u2013present)\"]}}}'>\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Houthis enter Iran war amid strikes on Israel'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/u3zutscpaj-gqgtw0rd76\/Strait-Of-Hormuz.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:56<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Houthis enter Iran war amid strikes on Israel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"glide__arrows c-carousel__buttons l-videoCarousel__buttons\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--left c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__prev c-longform-gallery__prev\" data-glide-dir=\"<\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--right c-carousel__button c-carousel__next l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__next c-longform-gallery__next\" data-glide-dir=\">&#8220;><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-carousel__goto\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There was no immediate response from Saudi Arabia. The dominion already faced pressure because it uses its East-West Pipeline to the Red Sea as an alternative choice to the Strait of Hormuz, which stays within the grip that Iran imposed shortly after the U.S. and Israel attacked it on Feb. 28. The Saudis have been sending hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil a day through the pipeline.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Saudi Arabia leads a coalition against the Houthis and imposed an air and sea blockade on Yemen in 2015. Yemen\u2019s civil war began in 2014 when the rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, and far of northern Yemen and compelled the federal government into exile. A truce was reached in 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That truce has been threatened in recent days after the Houthis said the Saudis struck the Sanaa airport in an try and affect a flight carrying Houthi leaders back from Iran, where they attended the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The plane landed safely at one other airport.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis then launched missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia\u2019s Abha International Airport in probably the most significant confrontation in years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By allowing a direct international flight to land without the approval of the Saudi-led coalition, the Houthis sought to determine a brand new reality by which they may independently make decisions over Yemen\u2019s airspace, experts told the AP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe affirm the suitable of our great people to reply to the blockade with a blockade,\u201d Saree emphasized on Monday, adding that Houthis are prepared to confront \u201cany silly act committed by the reckless Saudi enemy \u2026 with a comprehensive and decisive escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_10178862_6a5e357ca39d7\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10178862\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/10178862\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_10178862_6a5e357ca39d7\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data=\"{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Israel-Hamas: International 'task force' to tackle Red Sea security\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\",\"politics\",\"world\"],\"keywords\":[\"bp\",\"bp-red-sea\",\"bp-shipping\",\"gaza-war\",\"hamas\",\"hamas-attack\",\"hamas-war\",\"houthi\",\"houthi-iran\",\"houthi-rebels\",\"houthi-u-s\",\"houthi-yemen\",\"international\",\"israel\",\"israel-attack\",\"israel-hamas-conflict\",\"israel-hamas-crisis\",\"israel-war\",\"israel-hamas-war\",\"israelis\",\"middle-east\",\"palestine\",\"palestinians\",\"red-sea\",\"red-sea-houthi\",\"red-sea-task-force\",\"top-news\",\"u-s\",\"u-s-hamas\",\"u-s-israel\",\"u-s-red-sea\",\"war\",\"global-national\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Business and Industrial\",\"News\",\"Sensitive Subjects\"],\"tags\":[\"2026 Iran war\",\"Abha International Airport\",\"Airspace\",\"Airstrike\",\"Ali Khamenei\",\"Arabian Peninsula\",\"Axis of Resistance\",\"Bab-el-Mandeb\",\"Ballistic missile\",\"Blockade\",\"Cape of Good Hope\",\"Ceasefire\",\"Economic sanctions\",\"Exile\",\"Gaza Strip\",\"Gaza war\",\"Houthis\",\"Iran\",\"Iraq\",\"Israel\",\"Lebanon\",\"Missile\",\"Palestine\",\"Petroleum\",\"Pipeline\",\"Red Sea\",\"Red Sea crisis\",\"Sanaa\",\"Sanaa International Airport\",\"Sari\",\"Saudi Arabia\",\"Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war\",\"Ship\",\"Strait\",\"Strait of Hormuz\",\"Suez Canal\",\"Supreme Leader of Iran\",\"Target ship\",\"United States\",\"Unmanned aerial vehicle\",\"War\",\"Weapon\",\"Yahya Saree\",\"Yemen\",\"Yemeni Civil War (2014u2013present)\"]}}}\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Israel-Hamas: International \u2018task force\u2019 to tackle Red Sea security'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/btqenhr6up-m6tv4y748k\/231218-REDMOND.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:08<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Israel-Hamas: International \u2018task force\u2019 to tackle Red Sea security<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Houthis are an important a part of Iran\u2019s so-called \u201cAxis of Resistance,\u201d which also includes militant groups in Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The rebels have had a big stockpile of drones, but several Houthi members previously told the AP that the stockpile is running low after its attacks through the Israel-Hamas war. The Iran war has further impeded the flow of weapons, said the members, who on the time spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren\u2019t authorized to consult with the media.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and Israel responded to the Houthis\u2019 earlier attacks on shipping with a punishing air campaign across Houthi-held areas in Yemen until a deal that saw the rebels stop their assaults.<\/p>\n<p>Disrupting transit through the Bab al-Mandeb forces shipping firms to route vessels across the Cape of Good Hope, significantly increasing costs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yemen\u2018s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Monday announced they&#8217;re imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on Sanaa International Airport, threatening one other vital waterway for global shipping and raising fears of renewed conflict. 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