A tax or attacks: how the Houthis fund themse...

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The procedure is simple—genial, even. Contact Houthi rebels in Yemen and pay up, and your freight can pass into the Red Sea unmolested. We examine how this extortion <a href="https://www.economist.com/interactive/international/2025/01/18/inside-the-houthis-moneymaking-machine? ...

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