'The Houthis hold serious cards' expert says, amid threats to choke off Red Sea passage

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Dr Elisabeth Kendall, President of Girton College at the University of Cambridge, says that with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea has become a vital export route and that "if the Houthis choke off the vital exit point of Bab el-Mandeb, it will have a dramatic impact on the oil supply". Speaking with…

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• Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Dr Elisabeth Kendall, President of Girton College at the University of Cambridge, says that with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea has become a…
• Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Dr Elisabeth Kendall, President of Girton College at the University of Cambridge, says that
• with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea has become a vital export route and that "if the Houthis choke off the vital
• exit point of Bab el-Mandeb, it will have a dramatic impact on the oil supply". Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Dr Elisabeth

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What led here, in plain terms:

• exit point of Bab el-Mandeb, it will have a dramatic impact on the oil supply". Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Dr Elisabeth
• Kendall, President of Girton College at the University of Cambridge, says that with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Red
• Sea has become a vital export route and that "if the Houthis choke off the vital exit point of Bab el-Mandeb, it will have a
• dramatic impact on the oil supply".

Why it matters

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• exit point of Bab el-Mandeb, it will have a dramatic impact on the oil supply". Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Dr Elisabeth
• Kendall, President of Girton College at the University of Cambridge, says that with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Red
• Sea has become a vital export route and that "if the Houthis choke off the vital exit point of Bab el-Mandeb, it will have a