What to Know About the Bab El-Mandeb Strait

The fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire is being tested by reports of Tehran's continued chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz despite President Donald Trump's demand for a "complete and immediate" reopening of the crucial waterway.

But as U.S. and Iranian officials negotiate the conditions for a potential permanent end to the war, with core points such as the freedom of navigation through the Strait—and how that would work long-term—yet to be resolved, concern is mounting over another critical maritime chokepoint.

The Bab El-Mandeb, a waterway situated between Yemen and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, has come under threat from Iranian officials. Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, warned over the weekend that the U.S. "views Bab el-Mandeb as it does Hormuz."

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