Houthi Control of Red Sea Oil Chokepoint Exposes Deep Divisions in BRICS

Houthi rebel forces have seized the Yemeni port of Mokha as well as Mayyun Island overlooking the Bab el-Mandab strait. This gives Iran’s most powerful remaining proxy force in the Middle East nearly complete control of Yemen’s entire Red Sea coast. Directly or indirectly, Tehran now has a…