Former US Navy Admiral James Stavridis warned Washington to closely monitor
Iranian activity in the Suez Canal, saying shipping traffic through Suez exceeds
the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran has begun signaling it could seek to use
Houthi forces to close the waterway. He added Tehran is closely observing the
war in Ukraine and appears to be adopting asymmetric tools—drones, unmanned
systems and mobile tactics—to impose costs on adversaries.