UN Experts Urge Intensifying Efforts to Combat Smuggling of Iranian Arms to Houthis in Yemen

An illicit Iranian arms shipment is busted by American forces in the Gulf of Oman. (US Navy)

The members of the Panel of Experts on Yemen stressed the need to intensify efforts to combat the smuggling of weapons from Iran to the Houthi militias.

Formed the United Nations Security Council, the Panel noted in its latest report that the “pattern of arms supplies to the Houthis remained largely unchanged during the reporting period: the majority of weapons, ammunition and related items were smuggled using traditional sailing vessels (dhows) and smaller boats in the Arabian Sea.”