Somaliland will allow Israel to gather intelligence and conduct operations against Yemeni group, sources tell Bloomberg
Israel is exploring building a base in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland from which it can target Yemen’s Houthis, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday.
In December, Israel became the first country to recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state.
Somaliland will allow Israel to gather intelligence on and conduct operations against the Houthis, two Somaliland officials speaking on condition of anonymity told Bloomberg.
Israel has laid the groundwork for a possible base in the region: in June, a group of Israeli security officials visited the Somaliland coastline, people familiar with the matter said.
There they surveyed the beaches, in search of a potential site for a base or installation to fight the Houthi movement, which is officially known as Ansar Allah.
