Yemeni foreign minister: Houthis using Bab al-Mandab to mimic Iranian pressure tactics
Yemen’s foreign minister says the Houthis are emulating Iran’s strategy in the Strait of Hormuz to control shipping through Bab al-Mandab.
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AIAfrah Al-Zouba, the acting foreign minister in Yemen’s internationally recognized, Saudi-backed government, said the Houthis are seeking to replicate Iran’s model of exerting control over international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz by applying similar tactics in the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Speaking to a small group of journalists, including Reuters correspondents, at the Yemeni embassy in Riyadh on Monday, Al-Zouba said, "The Houthis are trying to copy the Iranian model in the Strait of Hormuz and implement it in Bab al-Mandab."
She noted that the Iran-aligned group has been emboldened by what she described as an insufficiently serious international response to attacks targeting commercial shipping over recent years.