Seizure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait complicates a widening conflict in the Persian Gulf. It also risks reigniting Yemen’s civil war.
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Tehran can utilize an army of proxy groups, intelligence operatives and cyberhackers as part of any retaliation for Israeli or US attacks.
Israeli launched a strike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
Iran funds a large network of armed groups across the Middle East as part of its ambition to replace the US as regional power.
The airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen has been justified by the US and UK as being in ‘self defence’.
Iran has expanded its network of partners across the Middle East. But it isn’t a simple case of Tehran dictating the terms of the alliance.
One of the biggest consequences of insecurity in the Red Sea is a significant increase in the cost of global trade.
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