U.S. Navy Stops Fishing Boat Smuggling 2,000 AK-47s From Iran To Yemen

The U.S. Navy A fishing boat that attempted to smuggle more than 2,000 AK-47s was stopped Iran To YemenAccording to the Navy Forces Central Command, it is.

Friday’s incident took place in international waters of Gulf of Oman. The patrol ship USS Chinook boarded the USS Chinook and seized the weapons along with other naval vessels.

“This shipment is part of a continued pattern of destabilizing activity from Iran,” Vice Adm. Brad Cooper (commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet, and Combined Maritime Forces.

“These threats have our attention. We remain vigilant in detecting any maritime activity that impedes freedom of navigation or compromises regional security,” He concluded.

According to the Navy’s report, weapons were transferred to Houthi rebels from Yemen in violation of U.N Security Council Resolution 2216 and international law. The transfer of the vessel, six crew members and other personnel is underway.

According to the Navy, this is the third fishing vessel that was intercepted while trying to deliver lethal aid from Iran through the Gulf of Oman to Yemen.

More than 50 tons worth of ammunition, fuses and propellants for rockets were seized by naval forces on December 1. On November 8, U.S. Coast Guard vessels and naval forces stopped an American Coast Guard vessel carrying over 70 tonnes of ammonium chlorate. This substance was a substance that the Navy called “Ammonium Perchlorate”. “a powerful oxidizer commonly used to make rocket and missile fuel,” Acquired along with 100 tons of urea fertiler

The Houthis are a rebel group fighting a long-time civil war against Yemen’s recognized government. It’s also known as “a.” Proxy war Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis support the government.

Iran has long supported the Houthis, a Zaydi Shiite movement in conflict with Yemen’s government since 2004. The group All rights reserved In the 1990s, they invaded north Yemen in a retaliation to Saudi financial power. The group seized Yemen’s capital Sanaa in 2014 and parts of northern Yemen in 2016.

Saudi Arabia is opposed to the group. Houthi militias have attacked Saudi Arabian soil numerous times. The tensions are also religiously motivated, as the Houthis and Iran’s government are Shiite Muslims in conflict with Saudi Arabia’s Sunni Muslim majority.

The ceasefire in Yemen ended in October 2022 after six months. More than 150,000 people are now accounted for. killed In the long-running conflict, 14,500 civilians.

Last month, the European Union asked the Houthis for an end to their armed conflict and to cooperate with the U.N. on the resolution of the crisis.

“The EU urges the Houthis to abandon maximalist positions and engage constructively with the UNSE Grundberg,” The Statement said. “The Council also stresses the utmost importance of reinstating and further extending the truce.”

The EU “commends the constructive approach of the Yemeni government during the truce and ongoing efforts by regional actors, notably by Saudi Arabia and also Oman, on the extension of the truce,” The statement was added.

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