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The leader of Yemen’s Ansarallah, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, confirmed on 25 June that Sanaa “will not stand idly by” as Israel establishes a military presence in the breakaway region of Somaliland.

Houthi said that Ansarallah is following with “great interest” the developments in Somaliland, including Israeli efforts to control the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Somaliland lies on the strategic Horn of Africa, facing Yemen across the Red Sea. Israel aims to gain access to Somaliland territory to extend its influence and contest the Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) for dominance over the region’s waterways.

In a speech delivered to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in 680 CE, Houthi warned that the YAF could target Israel’s presence in Somaliland at any time.