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Houthi Advance Forces US into Strategic Bind on Two-Strait Front

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Houthi Advance Forces US into Strategic Bind on Two-Strait Front

⚓ YEMEN — Washington built its Gulf strategy around one strait; now both are contested. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Mocha threatened and Bab el-Mandeb encircled, the US faces a two-front maritime crisis it has no clean military answer to. Striking Houthis risks widening the war; not striking concedes dual-strait control to Iran's proxy network. Saudi's East-West pipeline is already down. Every day without a Bab el-Mandeb response hardens the new map.

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