A tug boat (L) ferries members of a Houthi delegation to attend a meeting of a committee overseeing a U.N.-led peace deal that will be held on board a U.N.-chartered ship off YemenÕs port city of Hodeidah September 8, 2019. (File photo: Reuters)

Arab coalition destroys two explosive-laden boats used by Houthis

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Tala Michel Issa, Al Arabiya English

Published: 13 October ,2021: 02:17 PM GST Updated: 13 October ,2021: 03:36 PM GST

The Arab Coalition destroys two explosive-laden boats used by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, the Coalition announced in a statement on Wednesday.

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“The Houthis continue to threaten shipping lines and international trade in the Bab al-Mandab strait and the southern Red Sea,” the Coalition said.

It added that the Houthis violated the Stockholm Agreement “by launching attacks from the Hodeidah Governorate.”

The channel did not give indications about the target of the attempted attack.

The coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015 to try to restore an internationally-recognized government toppled by the Houthis in 2014. The war has caused what the United Nations describes as the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis.

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