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Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-gulf-kuwait-iran-exclusive-idUKKBN1AH4IA
Iran Finds New Route to Arm Yemen's Houthi Rebels
(Reuters) Jonathan Saul - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have started using a new route to funnel covert arms shipments to their Houthi allies in Yemen's civil war. Iran had been shipping weapons and military advisers to the Houthis either directly to Yemen or via Somalia. This route, however, risked contact with international naval vessels on patrol in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. For the last six months, the Revolutionary Guards have begun using waters further up the Gulf between Kuwait and Iran, transferring equipment to smaller vessels in Kuwaiti waters. Gerry Northwood, a former British Royal Navy captain who has commanded warships in the region, said, "The whole Persian Gulf is a hive of small boat activity." Hundreds of ships sail through the Strait of Hormuz every day.