A source close to the Houthis said the group had completed preparations to attack shipping by deploying missiles and drones near Bab el-Mandeb strait, the gateway to the Red Sea, in Yemen’s highlands overlooking Hodeidah and the Gulf of Aden and was awaiting the order to begin Representatives of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who are already in Yemen will control the decision on when to close the Bab el-Mandeb strait, said a source close to the Houthis. Iran asks Houthis to close Bab al-Mandeb Strait if US attacks power network Iran asked the Houthis in Yemen to close the Red Sea gateway Bab al-Mandeb Strait if the US attacks power infrastructure, Reuters reported.
Saudi Arabia is taking the threat seriously, according to regional sources cited by Reuters, as Iran's Houthi ally stands ready to disrupt shipping in the strait connecting the Read Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
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