OPINION: If #Iran and the #Houthis carry out their threats and close Bab Al-Mandab or attack ships in the Red Sea, they would put at risk significant amounts of international trade

OPINION: If #Iran and the #Houthis carry out their threats and close Bab Al-Mandab or attack ships in the Red Sea, they would put at risk significant amounts of international trade, writes @abuhamad1 Link Iran threatens the Red Sea to create a second chokepoint In its latest bid to escalate, Iran has gone all-out. After closing the Strait of Hormuz, on Wednesday it threatened to go after other waterways in the region to stop energy exports, as reported by