Hajjah: Iran’s new arm smuggling route to Houthis
Tuesday 04/September/2018 - 12:06 PM
Islam Mohamed
Despite the fact that the Joint Forces of Arab Coalition Supporting
Legitimacy in Yemen- led by Saudi Arabia- have laid siege to Houthiscontrolled areas, Iran does not stop smuggling and transferring its
weapons to the Houthi rebels.
The Arab military forces forced closure of Houthis-controlled Sanaa
Airport and banned the travel aviation to it. However, weapons and
ammunition find other trafficking routes to reach the Iran-backed
Houthis via sea ports overlooking the Red Sea.
Province of Hajjah, which is bordered by the Red Sea in the northwestern Yemen, is the main destination to where Iranian weapons
are smuggled , expert of Yemeni affairs Mahmoud Taher told alMargea.
Taher added that neighboring country of Eretria, where an Iranian
military bases exists, is considered the starting point of smuggling
route that ends at Hajjah port.
He continued that Houthis rebels receive trainings for using weapon,
particularly the ballistic missiles, at the Iranian military base to use
them against the joint Yemeni Resistance Forces.
Hajjah coast along the Red Sea poses a major security challenge as it
has uninhabited small islands and unknown spots that can be used
easily for weapon smuggling via the sea.Although the Arab Coalition exert significant efforts to stop weapon
smuggling amid the ongoing fight in Hodaidah , the Houthis militias
hunt out other uninhabited areas to get Iranian cargos of weapons
