Full closure threatened if U.S. intervenes in Yemen

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IRINN says a military adviser to Yemen’s Defence Ministry warned that U.S. military intervention in Yemen would lead to the complete closure of the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The brief names neither the adviser nor the original statement date. It reports a conditional warning; it does not establish that U.S. intervention or closure occurred. The displayed military footage provides no independent proof of those events.

IRINN's September25 bulletin cites an unnamed Ansarullah military adviser warning that U.S. interests in the Middle East would be targeted if Washington intervened militarily in Yemen or tried to control Bab al-Mandab. A separate brief broadcast on September26 attributes a warning of complete Bab al-Mandab closure in response to U.S. military intervention to an unnamed military adviser to Yemen's Defence Ministry. Neither brief names the adviser or dates the original statement. The accounts do not establish whether they quote the same speaker, speech or warning episode; their existing grouping remains provisional. They report conditional threats, without establishing actual U.S. intervention, attacks on U.S. interests or closure of the strait. Background combat footage does not independently prove those outcomes.