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Houthis and Iran hijack new tech to threaten Red Sea and Hormuz shipping, Bahrain warns

NEW YORK CITY: Bahrain on Thursday accused the Houthis and Iran of turning emerging maritime technologies into weapons they can use against global shipping. Fares Alrowaiei, Bahrain’s permanent representative to the UN, told the Security Council that uncrewed vessels and drones designed to make seas safer were being used by the Iran-backed Houthis to attack vessels in the Red Sea and Bab Al-Mandab Strait, and to choke the Strait of Hormuz. “Houthi terrorist groups have been employing these te