{"id":84732,"date":"2026-07-23T07:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84732"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:59:01","slug":"another-mideast-choke-point-may-be-forming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/another-mideast-choke-point-may-be-forming\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Mideast &#8216;Choke point&#8217; May Be Forming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/b2af02b\/2147483647\/strip\/false\/crop\/5415x3610+0+0\/resize\/980x653!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F32%2F4a%2F4f42391cf3ae4def13736376e827%2Fb20ba09158b54b44aabca63e1680fcc1\" alt=\"fowave\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Houthi rebels\u2019 threat to blockade Saudi Arabia has the potential to\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/iran\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">widen the Iran war<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and further disrupt global oil supplies and international trade.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/who-are-yemen-houthis-israel-hamas-war-1cd31b8f97dacf49cb5c4228208d419e\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">The Iran-backed rebels<\/a><\/span>\u00a0say they have closed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Saudi-linked shipping in retaliation for the kingdom\u2019s blockade on Yemen and a\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yemen-houthis-airport-saudi-strikes-7bddae3006304df8bf7f89e980006b33\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">recent attack<\/a><\/span> on the international airport in Yemen\u2019s rebel-held capital, Sanaa. The Houthis said on Thursday they had attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, causing fires to break out on both.\u00a0Saudi\u2019s state-run news agency reported a fire on a tanker in the Red Sea following an attack, as did the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: The Houthi rebels\u2019 threat to blockade Saudi Arabia has the potential to\u00a0widen the Iran war\u00a0and further disrupt global.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84733,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84732\/revisions\/84733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}