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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by JumpCrisscross on Monday January 08, 2024 @02:49PM (#38917101)
> which of course Egypt has no interest in doing

Because someone else will do it for them. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and everyone based on Djibouti have a joint interest in keeping the Bab al-Mandab strait traversable.

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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by resolutebat on Monday January 08, 2024 @02:59PM (#38917246)
Saudi Arabia pretty much triggered this whole mess by invading, excuse me, "intervening in" Yemen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_...

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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by JumpCrisscross on Monday January 08, 2024 @03:03PM (#38917317)
It’s difficult to blame Riyadh exclusively without taking into account Iran’s role in the Houthis’ takeover of Yemen [1]. Saudi Arabia regionalised and intensified the conflict, but they didn’t start it. (To your credit, I don’t think the Houthis would have long-range precision weapons were Riyadh out of the picture.)

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen

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