Houthis Require Permits for Ship Passage in Red Sea
Houthis exercise control over navigation in the Red Sea, and the Yemeni army announces shooting down drones in Taiz and Marib.
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
In the context of the Houthi militia’s efforts to replicate the model the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps seeks to impose on the Strait of Hormuz by all means, and transfer it to the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the Iran-backed militia is now playing a practical role in navigation movements across the Red Sea, through a system that allows ships to request transit permission via email.
The newspaper stated that some ships have begun communicating with the Houthis before crossing the Red Sea, citing statements from ship crew members and email messages indicating that transit applicants receive a response from the rebels within 24 hours.
In another message, the newspaper quoted a Houthi response to a request submitted by a Chinese container ship, which read: “We are pleased that you have understood the standards related to the scope of the ship ban.”
On the ground, Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the coalition supporting legitimacy in Yemen, announced today the interception and destruction of a cruise missile launched by the Houthi militia toward the Riyadh area. This came hours after a drone was destroyed in the Mecca region and two ballistic missiles launched by the Iran-aligned militia toward Najran were intercepted.
In Yemen, 22 people were killed and 30 injured in airstrikes near Sanaa, one day after Majid al-Nazili, official spokesperson for the armed forces, announced that the Houthi militia’s Al-Hadara market in the coastal district of Al-Wazia, west of Taiz province on the Red Sea, had been targeted by a ballistic missile, resulting in dozens of civilian casualties.
Meanwhile, September Net, the mouthpiece of the Yemeni Ministry of Defense, reported that the funerals of Brigadier General Mohammed Hassan Hatem, commander of the Ragwan Front, and Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Raqib al-Doumari, commander of the Second Battalion of the 203rd Infantry Brigade, were held today in Marib city. Both commanders were active in Marib province.
The website added that the two commanders “martyred during the Yemen Dawn operation while fulfilling their national duty to defend the revolution and the republic and restore state institutions, in the face of the Houthi terrorist militia backed by the Iranian regime.”
The Yemeni army announced the thwarting of attacks launched by the Houthi group against government forces’ positions on the northern front in Marib province, east of the country, confirming the destruction of combat equipment and inflicting human losses among the Houthis.
In a related development, the 35th Armored Brigade of the Yemeni army announced in a statement the downing of a Houthi drone on the Al-Aqroud front in Taiz province.
