The Iranian convey is parked south-southeast of the Yemeni border with Oman, the U.S. officials said. Saudi and Egyptian warships are positioned to the southwest of the convoy, forming a blockade of the Gulf of Aden and the port city of Aden.
The opening moves:
Convoy of Iranian Ships Parked in Arabian Sea, U.S. Officials Say - NBC News
The arena
I found it interesting that Egyptian and Saudi naval vessels are establishing the ... well, what's it going to be called?
Quarantine?
Line in the Ocean?
The media are calling it a "blockade."
The UNSC calls it an Arms Embargo.
EDIT: UNSC resolution 2216.
http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc11859.doc.htm
(Full text begins about a third of the way down the page).
To all of you on the high seas involved in this, from whatever nation: thinking of you and hoping the political leadership don't get carried away with their bluff and counter bluff.
Could get grim.
