While the Iran war rages, Israel is quietly planning for a potential base at the mouth of the Red Sea from which to strike one of the Islamic Republic¡¯s last proxies still operating at full strength: the Houthis of Yemen.
That¡¯s thanks to Somaliland, the breakaway territory on the Gulf of Aden that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu¡¯s government recognized in December ¡ª a move that handed Israel its first diplomatic presence across from Yemen. Now, the Jewish state will follow up with a strategic security partnership that may involve Israel building a base ¡ª possibly covert ¡ª on its pristine coast, despite widespread regional criticism, according to Khadar Hussein Abdi, Somaliland¡¯s minister of the presidency.
¡°In terms of security, we will have a strategic relationship and that encompasses a lot of things,¡± Abdi told Bloomberg at his office in Hargeisa, the capital. ¡°We haven¡¯t discussed with them if it becomes a military base, but definitely there will be an analysis at some point.¡±
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