Sniffing out Red Sea access, US in line to be Eritrea's latest suitor

Recent reports revealed that the Trump administration has been quietly pursuing normalization of ties with Eritrea, a small nation in the Horn of Africa with a 700-mile coastline on the Red Sea, sitting directly opposite Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen at the entrance of the Bab al-Mandeb strait.With the U.S. locked in a war with Iran that has closed the Strait of Hormuz and roiled global energy markets, an ally on the Red Sea has never looked more valuable. Saudi Arabia, locked out of its...