{"id":23136,"date":"2026-07-30T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23136"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:26:11","slug":"saudi-arabia-seeks-international-coalition-to-protect-shipping-in-the-red-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23136","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Seeks International Coalition to Protect Shipping in the Red Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts to establish an international coalition aimed at protecting maritime traffic and ensuring the security of shipping routes in the Red Sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, two sources familiar with the matter said that Saudi authorities have contacted several countries following attacks attributed to Yemen&#8217;s Houthi movement. The sources added that discussions regarding the structure of the proposed alliance are still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that talks are being held with dozens of countries to create a coordinated security framework designed to safeguard vital shipping lanes in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Yemen&#8217;s information minister claimed that the Houthi movement, Ansar Allah, is planning to impose toll charges on vessels passing through the Bab al-Mandab waterway.<\/p>\n<p>The minister described the alleged move as a dangerous development and accused the group of attempting to use the strategic maritime corridor as a source of financial support for its activities.<\/p>\n<p>The developments come after the Houthi movement announced a maritime blockade targeting Saudi Arabia and subsequently claimed responsibility for attacks on two Saudi oil tankers.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Saudi-led coalition forces carried out operations against Houthi-linked military positions in Yemen&#8217;s Al Hudaydah governorate.<\/p>\n<p>No immediate response to these allegations has been issued by the Houthi movement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts to establish an international coalition aimed at protecting maritime traffic and ensuring the security of shipping routes in the Red Sea. According to Reuters, two sources familiar with the matter said that Saudi authorities have contacted several countries following attacks attributed to Yemen&#8217;s Houthi movement. The sources added that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,37],"tags":[13148,13149,13123,2856,13193,434,13241,7841],"class_list":["post-23136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-world","tag-ansar-allah","tag-bab-al-mandab","tag-houthis","tag-middle-east","tag-red-sea","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-shipping","tag-yemen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23138,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23136\/revisions\/23138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}