Shipping fees. Yemen’s Houthi rebels are working with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to establish a body that will impose levies on commercial ships passing through the Red Sea, a senior Yemeni official told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. According to Yemen’s information minister, the group is trying to position itself as a “de facto authority” in the Red […]
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The Houthis are hoping to raise their profile in the waterway and charge fees for passage.
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