Riyadh plans maritime alliance to protect vital shipping routes

Houthi fighters in Yemen have threatened the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, through which roughly 5% of global oil shipments pass.

Riyadh unveils maritime alliance as war spreads  Dawn

As the war between the United States and Iran widened, Saudi Arabia joined with over a dozen other countries, including Egypt and Turkey, to form a new defense coalition to stop attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.

Fourteen nations sign up to alliance to protect vital trade and energy routes amid escalating hostilities.