Why are people blaming Yemen’s Houthis for cutting the Red Sea cables?

A Houthi supporter holds a rocket launcher as others carry a cutout of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship which was seized by Houthis, during a parade in Sanaa on February 7, 2024 [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]

Beirut, Lebanon – Officials in the United States say undersea telecommunications cables in the Red Sea were cut on Tuesday, disrupting 25 percent of data traffic between Asia and Europe.

A US official told the BBC they were attempting to find out if the cables had been sabotaged or if it was the result of an anchor dragging along the seafloor.