Bab el-Mandeb under Ansarallah’s control as oil crisis deepens

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Ansarallah controls the Bab el-Mandeb strait as the ongoing oil crisis worsens. The situation relates back to the 2011 Arab Spring that triggered widespread protests in Yemen, highlighting complex regional instability affecting critical maritime chokepoints.

MADRID — In 2011, during the so-called "Arab Spring," the grievances of the Yemeni population reached a critical point, triggering mass protests demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had ruled the country for more than thirty years.