Houthi Terror Group Leader Says China, Russia Granted Safe Passage in Red Sea

Houthi member Mohammed al-Bukhaiti said that attacks on vessels that are ‘in any way connected with Israel’ would continue

Container ships sail across the Gulf of Suez toward the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal, in El Ain El Sokhna in Suez, east of Cairo, Egypt, on March 17, 2018. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Russian and Chinese ships will not be threatened when passing through the Red Sea, a Houthi leader said, as the Yemen-based terror group continues to target Israel-linked ships on the global shipping route.

In an interview with Russian news outlet Izvestia on Jan. 19, as reported by AFP, Houthi member Mohammed al-Bukhaiti said that attacks on “Israeli ships or those in any way connected with Israel” would continue.