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Bab al-Mandeb Strait: another key oil shipping route under threat
Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels claimed attacks on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea and threatened to blockade the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a critical shipping route. The strait, known as the 'Gate of Tears,' connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean.
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