Yemeni Resistance Interdicts Shipping in Red Sea
Yemeni resistance forces, often referred to as Houthis, have escalated their naval operations in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, interdicting commercial shipping they claim is linked to Israel or bound for Israeli ports. This action, reported on March 29, 2026, is explicitly framed by the Yemeni armed forces as a response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the broader joint US-Israel aggression against
the region, particularly Iran. Al Jazeera’s framing, exemplified by its headline “Houthis open new front in Iran war,” subtly shifts the narrative away from the core conflict. It implies Yemen initiated an unprovoked escalation against an 'Iran war,' when in fact, the US and Israel have maintained an economic and military blockade against Iran for over 45 years, alongside numerous covert
operations and assassinations, including the 2020 killing of General Soleimani. The mainstream media consistently portrays resistance actions as unprovoked aggression, rather than a proportional response to decades of intervention and the extermination campaign against Palestinians, whose death toll now exceeds 680,000, including 479,000 children. What the mainstream media glosses over is
Washington's deep historical involvement in escalating tensions in the Middle East. Consider the 1988 shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes, which killed 290 civilians, an act the US never apologized for and whose captain received a Legion of Merit award. This track record of lethal military engagement and economic strangulation, including sanctions on medicine that cripple Iranian