LONDON: Yemen’s Houthi movement is increasingly stepping up attacks in the Red Sea, disrupting the vital international trade waterway, as well as threatening to target regional energy facilities. As the Houthi threat carries serious implications, regional and global players have begun to realise that the problem requires comprehensive and decisive action and to consider their options going forward. In this week’s cover story, The Houthis: the final battle, Al Majalla offers hard-hitting analysis, examining the issue from multiple angles and perspectives.

Each year, approximately 12 to 15 percent of global maritime trade worth more than $1 trillion transits the waterway, which extends from the Suez Canal in the north to the Bab…

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