{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_clvbukdrl52gquj3ktkq","title":"Struggle over Hormuz and Bab el‑Mandeb straits is centuries old","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/struggle-over-hormuz-and-bab-el-mandeb-straits-is-centuries-old-clvbukdrl5","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_clvbukdrl52gquj3ktkq","seq":317088,"kind":"article","title":"Struggle over Hormuz and Bab el‑Mandeb straits is centuries old","url":"https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/struggle-over-hormuz-and-bab-el-mandeb-straits-is-centuries-old","summary":"Over recent months, the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb have become synonymous with geopolitical jostling. Whoever controls these narrow waterways governs the flow of maritime traffic from the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean – and with it, a vitally significant chunk of global trade. However, conflict over these straits […] The post Struggle over Hormuz and Bab el‑Mandeb straits is centuries old appeared first on Asia Times .","published":"2026-09-28T00:03:52Z","seen":"2026-09-28T00:32:09Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-asiatimes-com-cde124","name":"asiatimes.com","domain":"asiatimes.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q727162","name":"Asia Times Online","type":"magazine","country":"CN","designations":["news website","periodical"]}},"via":"kite-asiatimes-com-cde124","topics":["asia","middle east","bab ell-mandeb strait","block 2","hormuz strait","the conversation","zheng he"],"authors":["Ibrahim Al-Marashi"],"entities":[{"id":"Q888643","name":"Hormuz","type":"place"}],"story":"st_clvbukdrl52gquj3ktkq","category":"conflict-war","category_p":0.5699999928474426,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.46000000834465027,"political":0.5099999904632568}]}