Yemen’s long war has flared again, this time as a spillover of the US-Iran conflict. Fighting along the Red Sea coast has intensified as Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces seek to secure the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, through which roughly 12 per cent of global maritime trade passes, while the Iran-backed Houthis have struck Saudi airports and oil facilities. With traffic through the Strait of Hormuz restricted, the Red Sea route matters more for energy exports, raising the stakes well beyond Yemen. But it is the Yemeni people,........

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