Russian Navy carries out military movements in Bab al-Mandab Strait

SANAA, Nov. 12 (YPA) – The Russian Navy has carried out military movements in the Red Sea in an attempt to be present in strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait.

“The movements aimed to expand the Russian ambition in the Middle East, specifically in the most important strategic region around the world, as the Soviet Union had done in the ancient era, but those ambitions had described at the time as limited due to its connection to a military agenda related to the world war,” according to the French newspaper, L’Orient-Le.

The newspaper pointed out that Russia would be depended on Yemen and Somaliland for its presence in this region, which is crowded with international military bases, after Washington’s success in thwarting a Russian plan in 2013 to build a military base in Djibouti.

“Russia is keen to play a mediating role between all Yemeni forces with the aim of preparing for a military presence on the banks of the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait for the coming years, considering this plan is strategic for Moscow,” added the newspaper.

Earlier, Israeli media outlets confirmed, after the agreement signed between Israel and the UAE of to normalize relations, about Emirati-Israeli coordination sponsored by American, to establish military bases on islands and strategic sites in both the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.

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