Yemen's Houthis urge shipping firms not linked to Israel to use Red Sea route

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    BBC Monitoring International Reports, January 16, 2024 ALERT, 1pp
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    • Abstract:
      By BBC Monitoring The foreign ministry of Yemen's Houthi movement has called on international shipping companies which use the Red Sea route to continue their operations as usual as long as they are not linked to Israel, the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported on 16 January.  The ministry said in a statement - relayed by Al-Masirah TV's website - that operations launched by the Houthi naval forces were directed solely at "ships owned by the Israeli enemy or are heading to occupied Palestinian ports" - meaning Israel.  These operations, the statement was cited as saying, are aimed at ending the Israeli...