Report 2026-08-05 • 942 views

The Maritime Security Unit reveals a complex maritime network used as floating support bases for the Houthis in the Red Sea

PTOC Yemen's Maritime Security Unit reveals the release of its new report entitled “A Complex Maritime Smuggling Network...Monitoring Reveals Floating Logistical Bases for the Houthis in the Red Sea,” which provides an analytical reading supported by visual evidence to monitor patterns of suspicious maritime activity off the ports of Ras Issa and Saleef during a period extending from December 2025 to July 2026, based on a time series of satellite images and analysis of maritime movement. The report reveals the documentation of a large ship remaining in the same location for severa...
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Early warning (5): The Maritime Security Unit monitors military movements of the Houthis to arrange an operation targeting the Socotra Archipelago Maritime Security Unit Reports Escalating Smuggling Activity and Newly Established Logistics Pier on Ras Isa Peninsula Assessment of the situation regarding military, political, and humanitarian developments and their impact on the security of the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb The Crisis Observatory is tracking locations of ballistic missile launches by the Houthis in Hodeidah and Al Mahwit (Update 8) PTOC Yemen exposes corruption networks and manipulation mechanisms in the Yemen Gas Company between Marib and Aden The Crisis Observatory is tracking Houthi ballistic missile launch sites amid a missile escalation on the west coast (Update 7) PTOC Yemen center reveals new Houthi structures to tighten economic and social control The Maritime Security Unit reveals a suspicious navigation network around the “Yemen” floating tank and documents its intersections with the Iranian shadow fleet A conflict between Houthi leaders over Iranian experts disrupts the port of Hodeidah and reveals Tehran’s influence in the Red Sea Houthi attacks on Mokha... retaliation for the losses of Iranian experts and raising the ceiling of gains ahead of political negotiations Early warning (5): The Maritime Security Unit monitors military movements of the Houthis to arrange an operation targeting the Socotra Archipelago Maritime Security Unit Reports Escalating Smuggling Activity and Newly Established Logistics Pier on Ras Isa Peninsula Assessment of the situation regarding military, political, and humanitarian developments and their impact on the security of the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb The Crisis Observatory is tracking locations of ballistic missile launches by the Houthis in Hodeidah and Al Mahwit (Update 8) PTOC Yemen exposes corruption networks and manipulation mechanisms in the Yemen Gas Company between Marib and Aden The Crisis Observatory is tracking Houthi ballistic missile launch sites amid a missile escalation on the west coast (Update 7) PTOC Yemen center reveals new Houthi structures to tighten economic and social control The Maritime Security Unit reveals a suspicious navigation network around the “Yemen” floating tank and documents its intersections with the Iranian shadow fleet A conflict between Houthi leaders over Iranian experts disrupts the port of Hodeidah and reveals Tehran’s influence in the Red Sea Houthi attacks on Mokha... retaliation for the losses of Iranian experts and raising the ceiling of gains ahead of political negotiations