Military Chronicle analyzed the results of Houthi activity in the Red Sea. “25% of Internet traffic is disrupted due to damage to approximately 15 submarine cables.
Damage to the cables led to problems with communications between Asia, Europe and the Middle East,” the material says. The cost of shipping cargo due to the missile threat in Yemen has increased by 600% for some shipowners, to whom the Yemenis attribute ties to the U.S. and Israel. Earlier, a member of the Politburo of the Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) ruling in northern Yemen, Khuzam al-Assad, said that the submarine communication cables between Europe and Asia were not damaged by Yemen.