all names

Bab-El-Mandeb place

Named in 4 reports across 3 stories - 18 Sept – 31 Oct

also appears as Bab-el-Mandeb

18 Sept 202631 Oct 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Bab-El-Mandeb. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Bab-El-Mandeb.

Saudi and Yemen share 2 reportsRed Sea and Saudi Arabia share 2 reportsSaudi Arabia and Yemen share 2 reportsAnsar Allah and Yemen share 2 reportsAnsar Allah and Sanaa share 2 reportsRed Sea and Sanaa share 2 reportsSanaa and Saudi Arabia share 2 reportsSanaa and Saudi share 2 reportsRed Sea and Saudi share 2 reportsSaudi and Saudi Arabia share 2 reportsRed Sea and Yemen share 2 reportsSanaa and Yemen share 2 reportsAnsar Allah and Saudi Arabia share 2 reportsAnsar Allah and Red Sea share 2 reportsAnsar Allah and Saudi share 2 reportsAli Abdullah Saleh and Saudi Arabia share 1 reportBab Al-Mandab Strait and Yemen share 1 reportAnsar Allah Houthi and Red Sea share 1 reportAli Abdullah Saleh and Ansar Allah share 1 reportAli Khamenei and Ansar Allah Houthi share 1 reportAnsar Allah Houthi and Saudi Arabia share 1 reportAli Abdullah Saleh and Ali Khamenei share 1 reportAnsar Allah Houthi and Bab Al-Mandab Strait share 1 reportAli Abdullah Saleh and Bab Al-Mandab Strait share 1 reportAnsar Allah and Ansar Allah Houthi share 1 reportAli Abdullah Saleh and Sanaa share 1 reportAli Khamenei and Sanaa share 1 reportAli Abdullah Saleh and Saudi share 1 reportAnsar Allah and Bab Al-Mandab Strait share 1 reportAli Abdullah Saleh and Yemen share 1 reportAli Khamenei and Yemen share 1 reportAli Khamenei and Bab Al-Mandab Strait share 1 reportBab Al-Mandab Strait and Saudi Arabia share 1 reportBab Al-Mandab Strait and Sanaa share 1 reportAnsar Allah Houthi and Yemen share 1 reportBab Al-Mandab Strait and Saudi share 1 reportAli Abdullah Saleh and Red Sea share 1 reportAli Khamenei and Saudi share 1 reportAli Khamenei and Red Sea share 1 reportAnsar Allah Houthi and Saudi share 1 reportBab-El-MandebAnsar AllahAnsar Allah - 2 shared reports (person)Red SeaRed Sea - 2 shared reports (place)SanaaSanaa - 2 shared reports (place)SaudiSaudi - 2 shared reports (place)Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - 2 shared reports (place)YemenYemen - 2 shared reports (place)Ali Abdulla…Ali Abdullah Saleh - 1 shared report (person)Ali KhameneiAli Khamenei - 1 shared report (person)Ansar Allah…Ansar Allah Houthi - 1 shared report (person)Bab Al-Mand…Bab Al-Mandab Strait - 1 shared report (person)

The stories

Oil prices move higher after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claim Saudi tanker strike

259 outlets2 reports name Bab-El-Mandeb12 Jan 2024 – 8 Nov 2026

How the Houthi conflict is affecting countries along Africa's Red Sea coast — and beyond

8 outlets1 report names Bab-El-Mandeb8 Oct – 8 Nov

Italian Eurofighter hit in attack on air base in Saudi Arabia says Crosetto

7 outlets1 report names Bab-El-Mandeb18 Sept – 23 Sept

Who keeps naming them

middleeasteye.net1Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy)1consortiumnews.com1El País (Spain)1

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