Bab al-Mandab: The Red Sea Chokepoint and Yemen's War

A timeline tracing how a 26km-wide strait between Yemen and Djibouti became one of the world's most contested waterways: the decades of Yemeni civil conflict and Houthi consolidation, the November 2023 hijacking of the Galaxy Leader and the ensuing maritime campaign against commercial shipping, the naval coalition responses (Operation Prosperity Guardian, EU Aspides), US-UK strikes on Houthi targets, the collapse of Suez traffic and mass rerouting around the Cape of Good Hope, the knock-on effects on freight rates, insurance and oil, and the recurring ground fighting — including around Dhubab — over the Yemeni coastline that overlooks the strait. This timeline was generated automatically by TimeStrands AI from Wikipedia research. Facts are sourced; framing may be imperfect.