Somaliland Seeking ‘security Partnership’ With Israel To Counter Yemen – The Cradle

May 6, 2026 TheMcgwire

Somaliland Seeking ‘security Partnership’ With Israel To Counter Yemen

Yemen’s armed forces have threatened to close the strategic Bab al-Mandab waterway if the US and Israel launch attacks on Iran from the Red Sea

A senior official in Somaliland said the breakaway territory in northern Somalia is ready to cooperate with Israel to confront the “threat” from the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) to the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait, Israel’s Channel 12 reported on 2 May.

The official said that any “disruption of maritime security” would push Somaliland to expand its relations with Israel, including to the level of a security alliance.

The official noted that Somaliland currently cooperates with partners such as the US and UAE, which have a presence in the territory’s port of Berbera, and that a similar partnership with Israel is possible.

The UAE operates the Berbera port, using it as a logistics hub to transfer arms and mercenaries to fight for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who are accused of committing a genocide of non-Arab tribes in Sudan.

Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia in 1991. It is located on the Horn of Africa on the Sea of Aden, opposite southern Yemen.

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