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The Yemeni foreign minister claims that Iran is smuggling weapons to the Shiite Houthi rebels? What do you think about this news?
London, Asharq Al-AwsatIranian nationals are using islands in the Red Sea to store illegal arms, with a view to smuggling these to the Houthi rebels in Yemens Saada Governorate, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity, a senior Yemeni official confirmed that smugglers are utilizing Red Sea islands in their criminal activities, including Iranians smuggling arms to the Shiite Houthi rebels in northern Yemen.
Many of the small islands in the Red Sea are unpopulated, and therefore it is easy for large ships to unload their cargo there, with this later being smuggled into Yemen on smaller fishing boats, he said.
Read the detailed news report here: Yahoo! News
Abdul Quddus
DET-United States Central Command
U.S. Central Command
London, Asharq Al-AwsatIranian nationals are using islands in the Red Sea to store illegal arms, with a view to smuggling these to the Houthi rebels in Yemens Saada Governorate, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity, a senior Yemeni official confirmed that smugglers are utilizing Red Sea islands in their criminal activities, including Iranians smuggling arms to the Shiite Houthi rebels in northern Yemen.
Many of the small islands in the Red Sea are unpopulated, and therefore it is easy for large ships to unload their cargo there, with this later being smuggled into Yemen on smaller fishing boats, he said.
Read the detailed news report here: Yahoo! News
Abdul Quddus
DET-United States Central Command
U.S. Central Command