https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/to-cross-the-red-sea-shippers-email-houthi-rebels-read-their-inboxContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/to-cross-the-red-sea-shippers-email-houthi-rebels-read-their-inboxhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/to-cross-the-red-sea-shippers-email-houthi-rebels-read-their-inbox#u191889Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:10:02 +0000Shipping companies and captains are emailing a Houthi-run administrative body for permission before crossing Bab al-Mandab, according to reports citing The Wall Street Journal. The Houthis reportedly review requests for links to Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, then reply with approvals that usually arrive within 24 hours and last seven days. Approval messages reportedly instruct vessels to keep their transponders switched on. The informal arrangement has no recognised legal authority, yet it shows the group's growing control over commercial traffic through