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To grasp the importance of the Red Sea, visit Djibouti. Before missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels reduced cargo shipments by more than two-thirds in 2024, about 12% of global trade passed ...

But Middle East experts said the Houthis ... and abrupt changes to their operations if the Red Sea became dangerous again. The detour around Africa, for all its inconvenience and added costs ...