Tensions in the Middle East are rising. Europe is waking up to the fact that 20 percent of its supplies are being transported through the Red Sea, where Houthi rebels are launching attacks on vessels from their base in Yemen, with support from Iran, North Korea and Russia. In response to another attack by the Houthis rebels on Tel Aviv, which killed one, Israel recently retaliated.
Nikola Zukalova of the Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) discusses the significance of this.