I’m curious how effective the US will be at opening the Red Sea/ Suez Canal and removing the Houthis in Yemen from attacking commercial ships. In many ways, I thought the recent nightly bombings would not be effective, since in the past Saudi Arabia with the assistance of the US and many other countries have tried air strikes, naval blockades, ground operations since 2015 to unsuccessfully remove the Houthis, from my very limited knowledge/ understanding. I would think the vast area of terrain / mountains make it difficult to target all the Houthi groups, especially without significant ground operations.
However, the recent ongoing bombings by the US are more intense than in 2023 by the US and in the past by Saudi Arabia. And there are reports of the Yemen government / military possibly getting involved with ground operations. And Iran is likely getting choked off from enabling them as a proxy. And Israel’s effectiveness with Hezbolah and Hamas makes me wonder if they would also be a huge factor if they got involved.
Opening the Red Sea/ Suez Canal seems like a difficult task. It only takes one cheap drone or small ship or impotent errant missle to threaten containerships enough to avoid the Red Sea (tough to get insurance to cross Suez).
Does the Suez Canal resume normal traffic soon in a few weeks, or by the end of the year?
However, the recent ongoing bombings by the US are more intense than in 2023 by the US and in the past by Saudi Arabia. And there are reports of the Yemen government / military possibly getting involved with ground operations. And Iran is likely getting choked off from enabling them as a proxy. And Israel’s effectiveness with Hezbolah and Hamas makes me wonder if they would also be a huge factor if they got involved.
Opening the Red Sea/ Suez Canal seems like a difficult task. It only takes one cheap drone or small ship or impotent errant missle to threaten containerships enough to avoid the Red Sea (tough to get insurance to cross Suez).
Does the Suez Canal resume normal traffic soon in a few weeks, or by the end of the year?
