US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, highlighted the Al Bari 2 seizure as evidence that the UN conventional arms embargo on Iran – which expired on 18 October 2020 according to other Security Council members – should be extended to prevent Iran from arming the Houthis and its other proxies. The head of this network is a self-proclaimed agent for a Yemeni arms supplier with links to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Yemen. The GI-TOC’s investigation into the Al Bari 2 seizure revealed the first known instance of a transnational trafficking network based in Somalia involved in the transfer of arms from Iran to the Houthis.
In June 2020, a dhow named Al Bari 2 was seized in the Gulf of Aden by Saudi naval forces while reportedly transporting a consignment of arms from the Persian Gulf to Houthi insurgents in Yemen.
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