The underwater cable has been cut in the red sea, violating Internet access in Asia and the Middle East. It is still unclear what causes the incident.
Concerned about the fact that cables have become the target of the destruction of the Yemen-Hussites rebels in the Campaign on the Red Sea, which the rebels describe as an effort to pressure Israel so that he can stop the battle with Hamas in the field of gas. But Husites denied that they had attacked past lines, paying attention to Associated Press.
Underwater cables are one of the main internet systems, along with satellite compounds and grinding cables. As a rule, Internet providers have a number of access points and redirect traffic in case of incidents in one of them, although this may slow down the user's access.
Microsoft has published on an official website that in the Middle East there may be an increasing delay due to the interrupting of the underwater fibers in the Red Sea.
NetBlocks, tracking Internet access, saying that a series of underwater cables in the Red Sea led to a decline in Internet connection in many countries, including in India and Pakistan. The report talked about the Viking's contacts affecting the cable systems of SMW4 and Imewe near Jidda, Saudi Arabia.
Southeast Asia Cable – Middle East – Western Europe 4 under the authority of Tata Communications, is part of the Indian Group. The Indian – Middle East – Western Cable cable is controlled by another corporation controlled by Alcatel submarines.
Pakistan Telecommunication Company giant Telecommunications Pakistan. Ltd. In his statement on Saturday, he noted that the reduction of internet has occurred, continuing to continue Associated Press.
Saudi Arabia did not confirm the reality of a failure and the government of this country did not respond to the request for comments, the news agency noted.
The Kuwait government, also said that the Falcon GCX cable, passing through the red sea, was cut, leading to the interruption of the work of a small, rich oil of the country.
In the United Arab Emirates, where Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Internet users of Du state networks and Etisalat complained about reducing the speed of the internet. The government did not confirm the reality of a failure.
Underwater cables can be cut by anchors crashed from the ship, but can also become the target for attacks. A few weeks may take a few weeks, because the ship and the crew should overcome the damaged cable, predict Associated Press.
The cut of lines occurred in the context that the Husiti Yemen militant continued to carry out a series of attacks on Israel related to the Israeli and Hamas war in the field of burning gas. Israel responded with air strikes, including one, resulting in the highest leaders of the rebel movement were killed, the note of Associated Press.
In early 2024, the international government recognized the Yemen government announced that Husites had planned to attack underwater cables in the Red Sea. Some cables were cut, maybe the ship was attacked by Husites, but the rebels rejected their responsibilities. On Sunday morning, Al-Masira, the Khusitov news channel, admitted that the issues on the Internet took place, mentioning the network lock.
Muommar al-Koringani, Minister of Information of the Yemen Government, is internationally recognized, protesting Husites and based in southern Yemen, issued a statement that cable TV disconnection cannot be isolated from a series of direct attacks given by the Khusitov militia.
What is happening today in the Red Sea will act as an alarming signal for an international community, which will have a solid position to prevent these growing threats and protect digital infrastructure serving as a circles of the modern world, according to Al -Tryani.
From November 2023 to December 2024, Husites shot more than 100 ships with missiles and unmanned aircraft during the Israeli and Hamas War in the Gaza Strip. Currently, in their campaign, Hussites has sunk four ships and killed at least eight sailors, reminding Associated Press.
The Husites supported by Iran stopped their attacks in a short ceasefire in the war. After that, they became the object of the intensive aviation attack campaign, lasting a few weeks under US President Donald Trump's orders, before he announced the agreement on the ceasefire with rebels. In July, Husites sunk two ships, killing at least four people on the train, and the rest, as they believed, kept by rebels.
The new Husit's attacks occurred on the basis that the question of a ceasefire may occur in the war between Israel and Hamas still in balance. Meanwhile, the future of negotiations between the United States and Iran under Tehran's nuclear program is suspected after Israel began a 12 -day war against the Islamic Republic, in which Americans bombed three Iran atomic facilities.