Yemen Monitor/Newsroom
Iranian news agency Tasnim revealed on Wednesday that Tehran has provided the Houthi armed group with a sea-launched ballistic missiles.
The agency, which is believed to be affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, added that “the sea-launched ballistic missile, named Ghadr, has now been made available to the Yemeni ‘Houthi’ fighters.”
It continued: “Now… the missile becomes a weapon capable of posing serious threats to US interests and its main ally in the region, the Zionist regime.”
Since November, the Houthis have targeted more than 112 commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and have recently expanded their operations to the Indian Ocean. They said they were targeting ships linked to Israel, which is waging a brutal attack on the Gaza Strip. But the Yemeni government and experts say the Houthis’ goals are domestic to escape domestic crises and improve their image in the region.
In response, the United States and Britain have been carrying out an air strike campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthi group since January 11. As a result, the Houthis have announced the expansion of their operations to include US and British ships.
