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Dozens of Houthi militants received trainings from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps at a naval academy for special forces in northern Iran, the UK’s The Telegraph daily has revealed. A group of 200 Houthi fighters travelled to the Khameini Academy of Naval Sciences and Technology in Ziba Kenar on the Caspian coastline, sources inside Iran told The Telegraph. The claim was verified by multiple defense sources, it added.

American officials and their allies warned that there would be consequences for the Houthis, the Iranian-backed armed group that has disrupted shipping in the Red Sea

The report comes amid the tensions in the region after the Iran-backed Houthis intensified attacks on international shipping - Click the link for more.

Houthi rebels, who have fired missiles at a British Navy ship in the Red Sea, trained at an elite Iranian naval academy.

The findings demonstrate Tehran's direct involvement in widening the conflict in the Middle East