Commanders and advisors from #Iran’s elite Islamic #Revolutionary #Guard Corps are on the ground in #Yemen and playing a direct role in #Houthi rebel attacks on commercial traffic in the Red Sea.

The #IRGC has stationed missile and drone trainers and operators in Yemen, as well as personnel providing tactical intelligence support to the Houthis, U.S. and Middle East officials told Semafor.

The IRGC, through its overseas #Qods Force, has also overseen the transfer to the Houthis of the attack #drones, #cruise missiles, and medium-range #ballistic #missiles used in a string of strikes on Red Sea and Israeli targets in recent weeks, these officials said.

The Houthis say that its military operations are designed to aid the Palestinian militant group, #Hamas, which has been locked in a three-month war with Israel.
On Monday, the Pentagon said the Houthis struck a U.S.-owned and -operated container vessel, the M/V Gibraltar Eagle, in the Red Sea, but caused no significant damage.
The Houthis fired a second anti-ship ballistic missile into the southern Red Sea, the U.S. Central Command said, but it “failed in flight and impacted on land in Yemen.”
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/15/2024/irans-revolutionary-guard-deployed-in-yemen