#OPINION: The Houthi threat to close the Bab Al-Mandab Strait risks adding another hostage whose captivity the countries of the region cannot afford, writes @GhasanCharbel.

#OPINION: The Houthi threat to close the Bab Al-Mandab Strait risks adding another hostage whose captivity the countries of the region cannot afford, writes @GhasanCharbel. Link From Gaza to Hormuz, hostage-taking has reached new levels I asked the man who is in the thick of it for his assessment of the situation in southern Lebanon. He replied: “Part of our territory is occupied.