Mark Urban: A perfect storm building...
A perfect storm building for Saudi Arabia - and by inference its allies: - reports Houthi forces have now taken Perim island, key to the Bab el Mandeb maritime chokepoint - the Houthis say Saudi vessels will be interdicted, with major implications for oil trade - Saudi's key east-west oil pipeline reportedly knocked out - its allies in the Mecca pact (Egypt and Turkey) are not stepping in - disagreements with UAE mean support from Gulf Cooperation Council also missing
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