Analysis: Mogadishu signed fifteen maritime treaties and gave allied navies a new legal tool to choke the pipeline arming the Houthis; the tool leads to a coastline still run by clan militias and an al-Qaeda affiliate; Israel has been promised reliable partnerships before.
Last Saturday, Somalia’s government signed fifteen international maritime treaties in a single ceremony. This marked the largest legal overhaul of the country’s waters since independence in 1960. The announcement faded quickly from international headlines. It should not fade from the Israeli security conversation.
What Somalia signed connects directly to the Iranian supply chain that keeps Houthi missile crews operational. Whether the signature produces real results depends on questions Somalia has failed to answer for 65 years.
Source: ynetnews
