UAE slams Houthi threat to block Red Sea traffic

Dubai - Yemen's rebels threatened to block traffic across the Red Sea unless a blockade by Saudi Arabia and its allies is lifted.

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash slammed the Houthis threats to impose a blockade on Red Sea traffic.
In a tweet, the UAE minister said that the rebels' "open threat to international navigation in the Red Sea is documentation of their terrorist nature".
Earlier in the day, Yemen's rebels threatened to block traffic across the Red Sea unless a blockade by Saudi Arabia and its allies is lifted.
Houthi political chief Saleh Al Samad warned that the rebels could "turn to strategic options... including cutting off the Red Sea and international navigation" unless the blockade was lifted. The coalition has tightened its blockade on ports after a Houthi missile was fired at Saudi Arabia.

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