Huthi blockade threat raises risk of dual energy chokepoint crisis, Kpler says

A threat by the Iranian backed Houthis to blockade Saudi-linked shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait has raised the prospect of the Middle East’s two key energy chokepoints coming under pressure at the same time, shipping analytics firm Kpler warned Tuesday. A “simultaneous and prolonged disruption of Bab el-Mandeb and the Strait of Hormuz could …