{"id":99734,"date":"2026-03-26T10:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/bab-al-mandeb-how-the-gate-of-tears-may-emerge-as-irans-second-choke-point-after-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:37:33","slug":"bab-al-mandeb-how-the-gate-of-tears-may-emerge-as-irans-second-choke-point-after-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/bab-al-mandeb-how-the-gate-of-tears-may-emerge-as-irans-second-choke-point-after-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Bab al-Mandeb: How the &#8216;Gate of Tears&#8217; may emerge as Iran\u2019s second choke point after Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has issued a stern warning, threatening to disrupt the vital Bab al-Mandeb Strait if the US and Israel attempt a ground invasion of Iranian territory, including Kharg Island. This move, coupled with existing control over the Strait of Hormuz, could significantly escalate economic disruption. Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen are reportedly poised to join this effort, expanding the conflict&#8217;s reach.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has issued a stern warning, threatening to disrupt the vital Bab al-Mandeb Strait if the US and Israel attempt a ground invasion of Iranian territory, including Kharg Island. This move, coupled with existing control over the Strait of Hormuz, could significantly escalate economic disruption. Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen are reportedly poised to join this&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/bab-al-mandeb-how-the-gate-of-tears-may-emerge-as-irans-second-choke-point-after-hormuz\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bab al-Mandeb: How the &#8216;Gate of Tears&#8217; may emerge as Iran\u2019s second choke point after Hormuz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":99735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}