{"id":5822,"date":"2026-09-20T17:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2026-09-20T17:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:55:30","slug":"iran-backed-houthi-forces-now-20-miles-away-from-u-s-military-base-in-djibouti-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=5822","title":{"rendered":"Iran-Backed Houthi Forces Now 20 Miles Away From U.S. Military Base In Djibouti &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"article-excerpt-nyt text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed font-medium\"><strong>ning key Red Sea shipping lanes.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-6 text-lg leading-relaxed text-justify\">Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen advanced within twenty miles of a crucial U.S. military base in Djibouti following significant territorial gains along the strategic Red Sea coast.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1972831\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-3 w-full flex justify-center items-center\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-6 text-lg leading-relaxed text-justify\">This rapid military expansion threatens the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital global shipping chokepoint connecting Europe, Asia, and the Middle East through international trade routes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-4 w-full flex justify-center items-center\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-6 text-lg leading-relaxed text-justify\">Recent fighting escalated severely after the group launched coordinated drone and missile attacks targeting Saudi infrastructure, injuring civilians and damaging regional buildings near the border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-6 text-lg leading-relaxed text-justify\">International shipping companies and global oil traders remain highly cautious as the advancing militants declare blockades targeting Saudi oil facilities and regional maritime traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ning key Red Sea shipping lanes. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen advanced within twenty miles of a crucial U.S. military base in Djibouti following significant territorial gains along the strategic &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5824,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions\/5824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}