Exclusive: This small island off Yemen is now a strategic prize in the widening Iran war
” Amer claimed the Huthis have control of Bab al-Mandab Strait and parts of the Red Sea through firepower, saying the operations are limited to Saudi vessels.
But now Yemen’s Huthi rebels, Iran’s most powerful regional proxy, have begun an offensive that could land them control of Perim – and with it the ability to prevent ships passing through this narrow gateway from the Red Sea.“We told the world that this is an Iranian project, but no one listened to Yemenis back then… It’s geopolitical now,” Tarik Saleh, a vice president in Yemen’s beleaguered, internationally recognized government, told CNN in an exclusive interview.
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