Russia provided Houthis with tracking data to target ships in Red Sea — report

Russia earlier this year provided satellite data to help Yemen’s Houthi rebels strike ships in the Red Sea, the Wall Street Journal reported, reported from The Times of Israel.

The US daily — citing "a person familiar with the matter” and two anonymous European defense officials — reported that the data was transmitted by members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stationed in Yemen and used to target ships with missiles and drones.

The Iran-backed Houthis, who control vast swaths of Yemen, started targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza war, sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terror onslaught against Israel.

The attacks have led to a dramatic drop in traffic through the key shipping lane.

In response, the United States and Britain deployed a naval coalition to the region and have bombed Houthi targets in Yemen.





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