Houthis and Iran Move to Control Red Sea Shipping With Toll System

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, with direct IRGC involvement, are designing a toll system for the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, mirroring Iran's contested fee scheme in the Strait of Hormuz, threatening two of the world's most critical maritime corridors simultaneously. This coordinated Iranian proxy strategy to weaponise global trade chokepoints signals a deepening regional alliance that Scripture warns will characterise the last days — nations aligning against Israel and the West through economic pressure and military aggression. The prophesied rise of a powerful eastern and southern axis disrupting global commerce echoes Ezekiel 38's vision of a confederacy of nations moving against the established order in the end times.