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Global Daily: Feedom of Navigation
The Houthis are considering charging fees on vessels sailing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Besides the potential revenue source, the aim of the Bab el-Mandeb fees would reportedly be to normalise the idea of charging fees on international waters. But freedom isn’t fees. President Trump has repeatedly rejected the idea of Iran levying a toll in the Strait of Hormuz, so why would the US president accept such a plan in any other strait?

