The Iran-backed Houthis say the transfer was a response to Israel’s assault on Gaza.
A partly Israeli-owned cargo vessel has been hijacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels within the Purple Sea.
The Iran-backed Houthis say the transfer was a response to Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Israel described the incident as an “Iranian act of terrorism”. Tehran has rejected the allegation.
So, what impression might this have? And what are the potential army and financial implications?
Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault
Visitors:
Trita Parsi – Govt vice chairman of the Quincy Institute for Accountable Statecraft, a Washington, DC-based think-tank
Mehran Kamrava – Professor of presidency at Georgetown College in Qatar and writer of the e-book The Impossibility of Palestine: Historical past, Geography, and the Street Forward
Farea Al-Muslimi – Analysis fellow on Yemen and the Gulf at Chatham Home