Houthis warn Israeli presence in Somaliland considered ‘military target’

The leader of Yemen’s Houthi militia warned that any Israeli presence in Somaliland would be considered a “military target”, according to a statement published Sunday, in the latest condemnation of Israel’s move to recognize the breakaway region.“We consider any Israeli presence in Somaliland a military target for our armed forces, as it constitutes aggression against Somalia and Yemen, and a threat to the security of the region,” said the group’s chief Abdulmalik al-Houthi, according to a statement published by Houthi media online.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Israel on Friday announced that it was officially recognizing Somaliland, a first for the self-proclaimed republic that in 1991 declared it had unilaterally separated from Somalia. The Houthi chief warned that the move carried grave consequences, saying recognition was “a hostile stance targeting Somalia and its African surroundings, as well as Yemen, the Red Sea, and the