The Houthis tighten their security grip through Russian and Chinese technologies and parallel intelligence services

In light of the escalation of international pressure and increasing fears of penetration and espionage, the Houthi militia has intensified its security measures during the recent period, by establishing modern communication networks that depend on Russian and advanced Chinese technologies. This move comes within the framework of accelerating efforts to enhance internal control and protect the group's leaders from targeting.
According to security sources, these closed networks aim to overcome technical gaps in Iranian equipment that the militia was previously relied upon, and which is believed to have contributed to the detection of prominent leadership sites in the Lebanese "Hezbollah". The group fears the recurrence of the same scenario in Yemen, especially with the increasing monitoring and targeting operations that affected its vital sites during the past months.
The new security plan is based on the establishment of an internal communications system that is not linked to the Internet, used to connect a network of surveillance cameras and eavesdropping devices scattered in streets and government and private buildings, enabling the group to monitor the movements in cities and villages under its control, and to address any opposition appearances or protest movements.
In the same context, the militia began establishing a new security entity under the name of the “Security Agency”, a device that directly follows the leader of the group, Abdul Malik Al -Houthi, and is supervising the intelligence tasks and coordination between the various internal security units, in an attempt to tighten control and reorganize the work of the group’s security services.
Security reports indicate that these moves aim in essence to tighten field control and reduce any internal threats, in light of an atmosphere of increased tension and anxiety within the Houthis' possibility of intelligence that may lead to targeting their leaders or the structure of their military power.
This development is an indication that the militia is adopting more complicated security strategies, benefiting from the technical experiences of countries such as Russia and China, at a time when the security challenges facing the group at home and abroad are increasing.