UK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemen
UK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemen

US and UK launch strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen - BBC News

UK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemen
US and UK launch strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen - BBC News
And yet, COSCO is still transiting Bab-el-Mandeb.
Congratulations you found the exception?
The world economy can survive without Israel, as COSCO has plainly demonstrated.
That's sort of the goal of sanctions.
Nobody said shit about surviving without Israel. The Houthis shut down the straight leading to the Suez Canal. That is not a blockade of Israel. It is a blockade of the busiest international shipping route in the world.
Except, again, they clearly haven't because COSCO literally just transited it.
Someone running the blockade does not mean there is no blockade.
COSCO has been very explicit about how they are complying with Yemeni sanctions. How, exactly, is that running a blockade?
They're just lucky.