Houthis Seize Perim Island: The Two-Chokepoint Squeeze
Yemen's Houthi forces have reportedly captured the strategic island of Perim in the Bab al-Mandab strait, potentially creating a maritime pincer alongside the Strait of Hormuz. This episode analyzes how the seizure of this critical bottleneck, combined with drone strikes on Saudi infrastructure, threatens to sever global energy corridors and reshape the economics of Red Sea shipping.
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Houthi forces seized Perim Island on September eleventh, twenty twenty-six, following a government troop withdrawal.
Control of Perim Island allows Houthi forces to manage the eighteen-mile-wide Bab al-Mandab strait.
Suez Canal traffic has dropped by half since twenty twenty-three due to regional maritime instability.
War-risk insurance premiums for shipping have surged to three percent of a vessel's total value.
Iran-aligned actors now exert a two-chokepoint squeeze on the Bab al-Mandab and Strait of Hormuz.
Diverting ships around the Cape of Good Hope adds weeks to global maritime transit times.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Fall of Perim1 min
- 03The Economic Toll of a Chokepoint3 min
- 04The Two-Chokepoint Pincer2 min
- 05Outro1 min
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