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Houthis and Iran hijack new tech to threaten Red Sea and Hormuz shipping, Bahrain warns

Red Sea, Yemen ·

Bahrain's permanent representative to the UN, Fares Alrowaiei, told the Security Council that uncrewed vessels and drones designed to make seas safer were being used by the Iran-backed Houthis to attack ships in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb strait.

Yemen's Houthi movement (Ansar Allah), which controls Sanaa and much of the north, has attacked shipping in the Red Sea since 2023. The waterway links Asia and Europe through the Suez Canal.

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