{
  "id": 1901202,
  "title": "The Houthis are building a new kind of sea power",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/the-houthis-are-building-a-new-kind-of-sea-power",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T08:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/ios/opinion/2026-08-19-the-houthis-are-building-a-new-kind-of-sea-power/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Yemen’s Houthi militia declared a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia. Saudi tankers in the Red Sea rerouted north to Yanbu, and earlier this month, the group’s attacks reached them there.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}