US investigation reveals Turkey's involvement in Yemen

The US Navy seized a large cache of weapons being smuggled by two small ships off the coast of Somalia, it announced Tuesday, amid the grinding war in nearby Yemen.

A US defense official said there were some indications the arms were bound for war-torn Yemen just across the Gulf of Aden. Authorities were continuing to investigate, the official added.

These days, the Muslim Brotherhood, through its dangerous arm, the reform party militia, is implementing malicious plans and implementing roles that are filled by Iranian and Turkish regimes.

The Reform Party militia these days in Marib governorate are leading the plan to hand over the remainder of the governorate with its camps to their Houthi ally in exchange for agreements sponsored by the Turkish and Iranian regular marine in the territorial waters overlooking Yemen.

Over the past months, at least four illegal shipments of Turkish-made arms have been seized by Yemeni authorities. In May, Yemen’s Defense Ministry announced that the army had captured a boat carrying 20,000 Turkish-made guns in the coastal regions of the country.

Also in June, Yemen’s authorities seized a boat filled with Turkish-made weaponry, including 15,000 colt pistols, near the strait of Bab al-Mandab. Analysts say the pattern of the shipment matched past instances of suspected Turkish smuggling into Yemen.

Arab countries, the West and United Nations experts allege that Turkey has armed the Houthis with everything from assault rifles to ballistic missiles, something long denied by Erdogan despite evidence to the contrary.

Though Turkey has denied any involvement in Yemen, Turkish defense minister, who visited Doha last week after a visit to Libya, had discussed involvement in Yemen with Qatari officials.

Despite its military campaigns in Syria, Iraq and Libya that might stretch the cost of another foreign adventure, Turkish President Recep Tayyep Erdogan might find supporting the Brotherhood in Yemen another means of moving against Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries opposed to his aggressive policies in the region.