The International Crisis Group warned of the danger of the Houthi group’s escalation in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab and its attacks on commercial shipping ships.
Dina Esfandiari, Middle East affairs advisor at the International Crisis Group, said, “There is a real danger of escalation here and we have seen Indeed, some of that has been unfolding in the past few days,” referring to the killing of 10 Houthi fighters in an exchange with the US Navy on Sunday.
She added: “The Houthis have made clear that they are not afraid to carry out their threats.”
And in recent weeks The Houthis launched attacks with drones and missiles on ships as they sailed off the coast of Yemen.
In response to the Houthi attacks, some of the world’s largest shipping companies refused to transit through the Suez Canal, complicating flows between Europe and Asia and forcing some ships to take the more convenient route. Cost around the Cape of Good Hope.