Internet collapses in war-torn Yemen after recent attacks by Houthi rebels targeting Israel, U.S.
The Hindu
“Internet access across the war-torn nation of Yemen collapsed on November 10 without explanation,” web monitors said.
“Internet access across the war-torn nation of Yemen collapsed on November 10 without explanation,” web monitors said.
The outage began early on November 10 around 0000 GMT and saw all traffic halt at YemenNet, the country's main provider to some 10 million users which is now controlled by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
Both NetBlocks, a group tracking internet outages, and the internet services company CloudFlare reported the outage. The two did not offer a cause for the outage. “Data shows that the issue has impacted connectivity at a national level as well,” CloudFlare said.
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The Houthis and Yemen telecommunication officials did not immediately acknowledge the outage. A previous outage occurred in January 2022 when the Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthis in Yemen bombed a telecommunications building in the Red City port city of Hodeida. There was no immediate word of a similar attack.
The undersea FALCON cable carries internet into Yemen through the Hodeida port along the Red Sea for TeleYemen. The FALCON cable has another landing in Yemen’s far eastern port of Ghaydah as well, but the majority of Yemen’s population lives in its west along the Red Sea.
GCX, the company that operates the cable, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
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