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The Houthis have vowed to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, vital for energy trade, if the US continues to obstruct peace in the Middle East.

The Gulf Cooperation Council’s model was built on a comforting illusion: that oil wealth could fund perpetual transformation while US protection could absorb regional risk. Recent Iranian strikes on energy infrastructure — and the muted limits of deterrence that followed — have shattered both assumptions.

Turkey aims to become a key energy hub through alternative pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, but most projects remain stalled.