Houthis say UN resolution on Red Sea a 'political game'
The United Nations resolution on navigation on the Red Sea is a “political game” and the United States is the one violating international law, the head of Yemen’s Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, says.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday demanded Yemen’s Houthis immediately end attacks on ships in the Red Sea and implicitly endorsed a US-led task force that has been defending vessels while cautioning against escalating tensions.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.Al-Houthi said in a post on media platform X that what Yemeni armed forces were doing came within the framework of legitimate defence, and that any action they faced would have a reaction.
“We call on the Security Council to immediately release 2.3 million people from the Israeli-American siege in Gaza,” he said.
The Houthis, an Iran-aligned group that seized much of Yemen in a civil war, have vowed to attack ships linked to Israel or bound for Israeli ports to show support for Hamas Islamists battling the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
However, many of the targeted ships have had no links to Israel.
