Houthi Attack Kills Six, Threatening Two Key Shipping Routes

On August 11, Yemen's Houthis attacked ships in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, killing six people on an Egyptian-owned vessel — the first deaths from such a strike. The assault means trade ships now face danger at both ends of the Arabian Peninsula. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped from about 135 ships a day to just eight.