The Houthis have made their most significant territorial gains in Yemen since 2021, and now have effective control over a crucial shipping route, says The Times’s former Yemen correspondent Iona Craig.
Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
September 11, 2026
Houthis Gain 'Absolute Control’ of Crucial Shipping Route | Iona Craig
Sep 11, 2026 | “It’s in the interests of both the Houthis and Iran for this to be happening.”
The Houthis have made their most significant territorial gains in Yemen since 2021, and now have effective control over a crucial shipping route, says The Times’s former Yemen correspondent Iona Craig.
The Houthis have made their most significant territorial gains in Yemen since 2021, and now have effective control over a crucial shipping route, says The Times’s former Yemen correspondent Iona Craig.
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