US intelligence has learned of discussions between Houthis in Yemen to provide weapons to the Somali militant group al-Shabaab, in what 3 American officials described to CNN as a worrying development that threatens to further destabilize an already violent region.
Officials are now searching for evidence that Houthi weapons have been delivered to Somalia, and are trying to work out whether IRAN, which provides some military and financial support to the Houthis, is involved in the agreement.
There has been some routine smuggling of both small arms and commercial material between different groups in Yemen and Somalia for years.
NEWSRAEL: The Houthis, like Hamas and Hezbollah, cannot breath without getting permission from Tehran. When will the West understand that as long as the Ayatollahs rule in Iran - there will instability in the world?
