Houthis declare naval blockade on Saudi Arabia

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Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia on Monday, threatening to widen a conflict that is closing in on 1,000 days since the group first targeted Red Sea shipping in November 2023. The Houthis’ armed forces said in a statement they were imposing “a maritime embargo against the criminal Saudi enemy, …