Current sectionMiddle East NewsIran NewsAnalysis While the U.S. is having a hard time opening the Strait of Hormuz, the threat of the Houthis closing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen is now in the mix. The risk to the world economy needs no explanationShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJuly 17, 2026"The path to victory and realizing the nation's rights in this war means working according to the leadership's directives and a precise road map based on resistance, rationalism and the wise use of all the security-related and diplomatic capabilities," Iran's parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Wednesday. In the News'Israel Can't Just Pour Billions Into PR and Expect Its U.S. Image to Improve'Relying Less on Fighter Jets? Israel Weighs Massive Cruise Missile PurchaseThe 100 Year Itch: Marilyn Monroe's Last Message Is Still RelevantBehind Every Israeli Who Bombs and Burns Is a Mother or Wife Who Refuses to KnowOver 1,000 Jews Visit Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa/Temple Mount Compound for Tisha B'AvRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli Election