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Who is Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the elusive Yemeni commander behind Red Sea-Saudi blitz?

military_conflictMiddle EastSCMP16 Sept, 14:32 UTC

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Abdul Malik al-Houthi, an elusive figure who commands ⁠a battle-hardened force, scored his biggest military victory in years when his Iran-aligned Houthi militant group swept through Yemen’s Red Sea coastline and tightened their grip on a vital shipping waterway, rattling oil superpower Saudi Arabia. The offensive, which has been accompanied by attacks on Saudi Arabia, has put the Houthis in a strong position to call the shots in the Bab el-Mandeb strait by potentially halting global trade in...

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Not investment advice · for informational purposes only. Generated 16 Sept, 14:33 UTC