Tag Archives | Red Sea

Running the Red Gauntlet–Russia is negotiating with the Houthis for Red Sea passage of oil cargoes defying U.S./EU sanction

Originally published: Dances with Bears on December 20, 2023 (more by Dances with Bears)

Russia is negotiating with the Houthis of Yemen to protect Russian oil cargoes moving through the Red Sea for delivery to India and China, the principal destinations of Russian oil currently traversing the waterway, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden.
The Red Sea is now the second front in the Gaza war

Originally published: Counterfire on December 19, 2023 by John Rees (more by Counterfire) | (Posted Dec 21, 2023)

John Rees asks whether the Gaza war will engulf the entire Middle East.