⚡️🇾🇪🇸🇦🇮🇷 — Houthi Expansion and Regional Alliance Tighten Strategic Grip on the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb, — THE JERUSALEM POST.

​➡️ The recent lightning advance by Houthi forces across Yemen’s southern Red Sea coast—including the seizure of the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands, Mocha, Perim Island, and the Zuqar islands—highlights an increasingly coordinated strategy by the Iran-led regional bloc. By establishing positions at the narrowest point of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait just 20 kilometers from the African coast, the Houthis have gained effective control over maritime transit lanes from the Gulf of Aden. This military push has been synchronized with actions across the axis, including an Iraqi Shi’ite militia drone strike targeting the Saudi East-West pipeline.

​➡️ Intelligence documents from Yemeni sources reveal that the Houthis' enhanced military capacity is heavily reinforced by the direct on-the-ground presence and supervision of Iranian, Iraqi, and Lebanese technical experts advising on drones, missiles, and intelligence infrastructure. While operating with local autonomy regarding their specific objectives—such as pressuring Riyadh over recent Saudi military actions rather than enacting a blanket international blockade—the Houthis rely on established smuggling networks, Chinese components, and sophisticated communication arrays to sustain their regional campaign.

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