A German official discusses in Saudi Arabia ways to stop the escalation in the Red Sea and efforts to bring peace to Yemen

Today, Tuesday, German-Saudi discussions were held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, regarding efforts to bring peace to Yemen, ways to stop the escalation in the Red Sea, and contain any spread of conflict in the region.

Tobias Tunkel, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, said that he met with the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed Al Jaber, and discussed with him “the correct strategy to stop the escalation in the Red Sea and bring peace to Yemen.”

He added that the discussions focused on the need to "contain violent parties and extremist ideologies, and not allow the wider spread of instability in the region."

This came as a result of the Israeli attack that targeted the port of Hodeidah, on Saturday evening, a day after the Houthis claimed responsibility for launching a drone into Tel Aviv that left one dead and a number of others injured.

Since last November, the Iranian-backed Houthi militia has been launching attacks with drones and missiles on cargo ships while they were sailing in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab, and the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen. It says that it is supporting Gaza, which has been subjected to a devastating Israeli war since the seventh of last October, and these attacks have negatively affected... Shipping movement, trade and global supply chains.

As a result, the United States formed a military coalition under its leadership, and since the beginning of this year, along with Britain, it has been carrying out strikes that it says target the Houthis’ military capabilities, in response to their attacks against cargo ships. The Houthis responded with attacks on American and British naval ships, considering them “military targets.”