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Mahmoud Saleh Al-Shayyab

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Regional variables, and paying attention to what is coming

Many years ago, I crossed the Red Sea returning from a peacekeeping mission in East Timor, on a stormy voyage during which we traversed the Indian Ocean. Before entering the Red Sea at Bab al-Mandab, the ship's captain was forced to take an alternative route that took three days, to avoid a…