The Red Sea Threats to Commercial Shipping: Maritime Crime Intelligence Report focuses on The Yemen war being waged on land and sea and it is this spill-over into the maritime domain that has created a risk to the security of commercial shipping transiting the southern Red Sea.

The present-day conflict in Yemen began in 2014 when the Houthi movement (formally known as Ansar Allah) which champions Yemen’s Zaidi Shia Muslim minority, took control of the capital city of Sana’a. The Houthis wished to restore Ali Abdullah Saleh to power after he was replaced as President by
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi attempted to take control of the entire country forcing Hadi to flee abroad in March 2015. They made swift gains and soon reached the outskirts of Aden before a Saudi led coalition intervened to restore Hadi as the head of the legitimate government of Yemen. Since then a state of civil war
has existed in the country, some call it a proxy war with Iran supporting the Houthi movement financially with arms and the Saudi Led Coalition (SLC) supporting the Hadi regime. The war was being waged on land and sea and it was this spill-over into the maritime domain that has created a risk to the security of commercial shipping transiting the southern Red Sea.

Download The Red Sea Threats to Commercial Shipping: Maritime Crime Intelligence Report to read more about the maritime dangers arising from the Yemen conflict. This report focuses on the events in Yemen and considers the potential legal implications for vessels transiting the area.