Houthi threats give oil markets a ‘2-chokepoint problem’
July 22, 2026 10:21 am, EDT The Gas King made a U-turn to head north into the Red Sea toward the Suez Canal. Bab el-Mandeb is in the south. (Bloomberg) key takeaways: Houthi threats against Saudi-linked shipping in the Bab al-Mandeb strait have prompted tankers and other ships to divert, stop or reroute through the