This small island off Yemen is now a strategic prize in the widening Iran war
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How Yemen's Perim Island is becoming a critical new "pressure point," bringing the country to the forefront of the wider Middle East conflict
The Houthis have launched an offensive that could lead them to control Perim.
A small, almost deserted island off the coast of Yemen is becoming a strategic target in the escalating conflict over Iran. Perim is located in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important sea lanes. If the Tehran-backed Houthis seize it, they will have a much better position to threaten shipping between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Perim Island controls the entrance to the Red Sea, through which Saudi Arabia tries to bypass the blocked Strait of Hormuz.
Almost devoid of vegetation, with sand, rocks and few buildings, Perim could look like an insignificant dot on the map. But it is located ...
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