Houthi official says Bab al-Mandeb may be closed A senior official from Yemen’s Houthis warned that the group could close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait if US President Donald Trump continues what he described as obstructing peace. Hussein al-Ezzi, deputy foreign minister in Sanaa, wrote on X, “If Sanaa decides to close the Bab al-Mandeb, then all of mankind and jinn will be utterly powerless to o