‏ISTANBUL,

Forces allied to the Yemeni government claimed on Wednesday to have seized 750 tons of Iranian weapons in the Red Sea bound for the Houthi group.

Tariq Mohammed Saleh, a member of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, said the shipment included naval and air missile systems, air defense systems, modern radars, drones, surveillance devices, anti-tank missiles, B10 artillery, sniper scopes, sniper rifles, ammunition, and advanced military equipment.

“This is a direct blow to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)'s project supporting the Houthis,” he added on his X account.

Yemeni military sources called the seizure “the largest in Yemen and the wider region.”

There was no immediate comment from Iran or the Houthi group on the claim.

‏According to local media, Yemeni government forces had seized eight arms shipments bound for Houthis in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb Strait since early 2024.

Yemen has seen a relative state of calm since April 2022, when a truce halted hostilities between government forces and the Houthi group that erupted in September 2014 when the Iran-aligned Houthis seized the capital Sanaa.