![Yemeni Houthi followers walk under a billboard depicting the Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi after participating in a protest, staged in solidarity with the people of Palestine and Lebanon, on October 25, 2024, in Sana'a, Yemen. [Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2181051502.jpg)
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, warned on Thursday against what he described as Israeli efforts to establish a presence in Somaliland, saying the group would respond to any such move. Speaking in a televised address, al-Houthi said Israel was seeking to expand its influence in the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandab Strait in an effort to strengthen its control over strategic shipping routes in the Red Sea. He warned that Ansar Allah would not remain passive in the face of any Israeli presence in the region and affirmed the group’s readiness to confront it. Al-Houthi also called on countries bordering the Red Sea to adopt a unified position to safeguard regional security, sovereignty and strategic […]
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