The Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group has destroyed four undersea communication cables connecting Saudi Arabia and Djibouti, Israeli news agencies reported on Monday.
The submarine cable has been shut down in recent months due to sabotage. claimed Israeli news agency Globes.
It is widely believed that the Houthi attack damaged cables believed to belong to the AAE-1, Seacom, European India Gateway (EIG), and TGN systems.
The knockout marks another step in the fight to severely disrupt communications between Europe and Asia and thwart the group’s efforts to control the entire vital Red Sea shipping route.
The situation is escalating in the Red Sea. https://t.co/Q5XDuU2o2L
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The AAE-1 cable connects East Asia to Europe via Egypt and China to the West via countries such as Pakistan and Qatar.
The Europe-India Gateway cable system connects Southern Europe to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, UAE and India.
The Seacom cable connects Europe, Africa and India, and also connects South Africa.
Meanwhile, the immediate damage will be felt in the Gulf states and India. globe I got it.
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Repairs to such a large number of undersea cables could take at least eight weeks, according to . Estimate This includes exposure to risks from the Houthi terrorist group.
BBC report Earlier this month, Yemen’s legal government, recognized by the United Nations in Aden, announced that the Houthis, who took control of much of the country in 2014, have access to vital undersea communications, including internet links that run under the Red Sea and connect Asia and Europe. They warned that they were threatening to sabotage the cables. .
The warning came after a Houthi-linked channel on the Telegram messaging app posted a map showing an undersea cable route in the Red Sea.
The group reportedly claimed to have had easy access to maps showing the confluence of undersea communication cables that cut through the coastline as they passed through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which is only 32 kilometers wide at its narrowest point. ing.
The weaponization of the ocean floor is not without precedent. Britain cut Germany’s undersea telegraph cables to isolate Berlin from the rest of the world at the start of World War I, and undersea sonar between Greenland, Iceland, and Britain became entrenched during the Cold War.
