A triple Yemeni strike disciplines the occupation, exposes Saudi Arabia, and warns America
Yemen’s naval operations are back in the spotlight after weeks of calm, but unlike the hundreds of operations carried out by Yemeni forces over more than two years, the latter appears in its features to have several dimensions.
Exclusive – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:
Early today, Yemeni forces announced that they had targeted an Israeli ship transporting oil and chemicals. Although the new operation was preceded by larger operations by Yemeni forces in the Red Sea, during which they sank a number of ships and damaged others, and imposed a new reality of a ban on navigation to Israeli ports on the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, the latest operation is of a special character.
The new operation is the furthest yet, as it occurred more than 800 nautical miles away, which is the distance between the Yemeni coasts and the site of the attack off the Saudi coast in the city of Yanbu.
This operation reveals new naval capabilities for Yemen after previous operations ranged between 60 and 40 nautical miles from the Yemeni coasts. On the one hand, the operation’s occurrence off the largest Saudi ports for oil and petrochemical exports reveals a new fact that Saudi Arabia has been hiding, namely the kingdom’s role in attempting to break the naval blockade imposed on the occupation by turning Yanbu into another port for the occupation, beyond the Bab Al-Mandeb strait.
The proximity of the operation to the port indicates that the port may be a target or may be exposed to fragments of future attacks, especially after Yemen warned Arab and Islamic countries of the consequences of continuing to send shipments to the occupation, especially Saudi Arabia itself.
Not far from Saudi Arabia, the operation carries a clear message to the US in its third dimension, with its attempts to conceal and carry out operations in Yemen with its recently escalating role.
America, which was forced to withdraw its fleets from the Red Sea, recently rehabilitated an old base in the city of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast and is currently using it as a launching pad for its aggression against Yemen. The proximity of the operation to the base confirms Yemen’s ability to reach the US base, in addition to the inability of the US defense systems stationed at the base to repel operations, as they are now a few nautical miles away from it.
The latest Yemeni operation may target an Israeli ship, but it remains burdened with messages to regional and international countries and an indication that Yemen is coming on a new journey.