As US-backed Saudi military aggression against Yemen intensifies, the Yemeni armed forces and the resistance have warned they are prepared to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in coordination with the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could send oil prices soaring to $200 per barrel and trigger severe disruption across the global economy.

The spokesman for Yemen's armed forces announces that navigation in the Red Sea for Israel is now completely prohibited.

The closure of the Red Sea in the event of American escalation in the region would cripple global supply chains, trigger economic shocks, end Western maritime hegemony, and accelerate a multipolar world order.

Regional officials say Riyadh warns the US naval blockade risks disrupting vital shipping routes, including Bab al-Mandeb, if retaliation escalates.

Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement has warned the US against the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and guided missile destroyers accompanying it in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.

Ansarullah has warned the US and Israel of new strikes against their maritime interests in the Red Sea in reprisal for any adventurism in the region.

Iran slams Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an attempt to destabilize the Red Sea region and the Horn of Africa.