The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday afternoon (New
York time) at France’s request to discuss the escalating situation in the Bab
al-Mandeb strait, a key global shipping chokepoint. Before fighting resumed
Earlier this month roughly 12% of global trade transited the strait. In recent
days Houthi forces have seized much of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, including Mayyun
Island inside the strait.
