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Rabie: only 35 ships a day now pass through the Suez Canal, compared with 80 before the Bab al-Mandab events

Suez Canal, Egypt ·

The Bab al-Mandab strait links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Since late 2023, attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) have led many shipping companies to avoid the route, reducing traffic through the Suez Canal.

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