The Saudi navigation ban A new tool or a completely different reality

The Yemeni Armed Forces’ announcement of a ban on Saudi navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden provided clear confirmation that the equations of the new phase of the conflict with the Saudi coalition are very different from those of past phases. However, this is not because Sana’a merely wants to surprise Riyadh with new tools, but because the reality in which the conflict is taking place has become completely different, a matter Riyadh is likely to fail to understand quickly enough.
Dherar Al-Tayyeb – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:
A Real Blockade:
The title “siege with siege,” which includes the naval ban equation, does not mean that Sana’a today is executing a military escalation that matches in some respects the economic siege Yemen is subjected to, as was the case when oil facilities were targeted before the 2022 truce. Rather, it means imposing a sanctions regime similar in nature to the Saudi siege but through legitimate mechanisms and with an ethical goal.
The siege imposed by Saudi Arabia was not based solely on military tools but on geopolitical and economic influence, diplomatic relations, and a politicized global and regional trade system. Therefore, the truce alone was not enough to end this siege. Similarly, the ban imposed on Saudi navigation today is not based solely on Sana’a’s military capabilities but on a new reality imposed by Sana’a over the past two years through military and non-military tools. Alongside anti-ship missiles, naval drones, fast boats, and unmanned submarines, the legitimacy and morality of Sana’a’s stance supporting Gaza, the sensitive yet flexible nature of shipping markets, and the phase of transformations in regional and international power balances, solidified by the United States’ defeat in the Red Sea, were key factors that contributed to establishing the sanctions regime that made the Red Sea