{"id":87058,"date":"2026-03-29T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=87058"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:30:18","slug":"how-the-gate-of-tears-could-be-the-next-critical-global-chokepoint-as-houthis-threaten-to-blockade-vital-shipping-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/29\/how-the-gate-of-tears-could-be-the-next-critical-global-chokepoint-as-houthis-threaten-to-blockade-vital-shipping-route\/","title":{"rendered":"How the &#8216;Gate of Tears&#8217; could be the next critical global chokepoint as Houthis threaten to blockade vital shipping route"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/29\/13\/107506891-0-image-m-4_1774788164969.jpg\" alt=\"How the 'Gate of Tears' could be the next critical global chokepoint as Houthis threaten\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Houthis have threatened to choke off a second major oil shipping route &#8211; as a new map reveals how vulnerable the 18-mile-wide Bab al-Mandeb Strait is to a blockade.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15688963\/Gate-Tears-critical-global-chokepoint-Houthis.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The Houthis have threatened to choke off a second major oil shipping route &#8211; as a new map reveals how vulnerable the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/suez-canal.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87061,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87058\/revisions\/87061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}