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The Strait of Bab al-Mandab in the range of Tehran
Samir Hassan-Bab al-MandabThe visitor to the beaches of the Bab al-Mandab strategic strait fears rising fears of the Huthis seeking to control it, paving the way for Tehran to win the most strategic strategic area for Arabs on the Red Sea and turning it into a flashpoint of conflict.
The Bab al-Mandab Strait is one of the most important waterways in the world. It connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Every year, 25,000 vessels represent 7% of the world's shipping, which is more important because of its connection to the Suez Canal and the Strait of Hormuz.
The Houthis are seeking to control the strait by taking control of the coastal city of Makhka (60 kilometers east of the strait), which has been witnessing days of vigorous military action by Houthi militants, in conjunction with the opening of the group a few weeks ago by a major office in the city.
Watch out and worry
The political activist in the city of "Mukha" Ali Abdo classified, that the city is living in a state of anticipation and concern with the military readiness of the army forces at the entrances, after the introduction of gunmen Houthi a week ago military points on the road linking the Mukhaa city of al-Khokha, dominated by Houthis.
Al-Jazeera said the control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait was a major priority for the Houthis, which had previously been postponed to political calculations, but are now unlikely to be excluded in the light of their recent military moves on the Red Sea coastline.
Al-Mukhaa is the main gateway to Taiz Governorate from the west. It is the only outlet to the north of the Directorate of Zoel Bab and the Bab Al-Mandab Strait. It has an important strategic port overlooking the Red Sea, so controlling it makes it easy for the Huthis to control them. Areas.
Mohammed Salim al-Abdali, one of the tribesmen of Bab al-Mandab, said that fears of controlling the strait became more realistic than ever before, in the light of the current siege imposed by the Huthis from all northern entrances in conjunction with the movements of the Iranian warships in the Gulf of Aden, .
Iranian battleships
He pointed out to Al-Jazeera Net that these boats have crossed the strait continuously and are in constant contact with the islands of the Yemeni Hanish archipelago and other Eritrean, from which Iran takes military bases for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and the weapons are stored there.
He said Yemeni army forces were present on the island of Miyoun (in the middle of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, with ships passing nearby) controlling the strait, but fears of Iran's ability to cross Houthis from control were expected as the military's role declined.
This possibility was demonstrated last week by the Houthis' control of Hanish Island and the Abu Musa al-Ash'ari camp after the military commander of the island, Brigadier Zaid Mohammad al-Radfani and his escorts, killed them in a "left ambush", indicating their intention to control the Red Sea islands and their corridors completely.
In the same context, Brigadier Ali Yahya, who works as a fisherman in Bab al-Mandab, confirms the existence of an active movement of battleships seen from time to time from the strait. He added to Al-Jazeera Net that "the battleships are unstable in the strait but in the direction of Eritrean islands leased by Iran as bases Military ".
He added that Bab al-Mandab residents - despite the income generated by - are still living in extreme poverty, since more than three decades of the rule of deposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh until now, and the region lacks the simplest services from water projects, electricity and health centers.
He concluded that he feared - in light of the continued absence of the state - the arrival of the Houthis to the region and the seizure, which "will bring our country more problems with our neighbors, because the Houthis are linked ideologically and intellectually Iran strongly, which threatens the Gulf States.
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2018
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