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Arab coalition intercepts two Houthi explosive-laden boats off Yemen

Wednesday 11 November 2020
SMA News – RIYADH

The Arab coalition said on Wednesday that it had intercepted two explosive-laden boats south of the Red Sea launched by Yemen’s Houthi militia, Saudi Press Agency reported.
Spokesperson Col. Turki Al-Maliki said the “coalition’s naval forces monitored an attempt by the Iran-backed Houthis to carry out a hostile and terrorist act in the southern Red Sea by using two remote-controlled booby-trapped boats, launched by the militia from Hodeidah.”
Col. Al-Maliki added that the two booby-trapped boats, which represent a threat to regional and international security, shipping routes and global trade, were destroyed.
He said that the “Houthi militia is using Hodeidah as a place to launch ballistic missiles, drones, and explosive and remotely piloted boats, as well as randomly deploying sea mines, in a clear and explicit violation of international humanitarian law, as well as a violation of the provisions of the Stockholm cease-fire agreement in Hodeidah.”
Al-Maliki said that the coalition “continues to implement strict and deterrent measures against the Houthi militia and to neutralize and destroy such capabilities that threaten regional and international security.”

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