Yemen Sits Atop a Critical Oil Chokepoint—But Houthi Threat Is Proxy War, Not Direct Iran-US Conflict

Verified: Bab el-Mandeb funnels 6-7M barrels daily through an 18-mile strait. Contested: framing Houthi attacks as Iran's direct war on the US overstates the relationship beyond established proxy-support evidence.

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