Houthis knock out underwater cables linking Europe to Asia - report
The successful targeting of the four cables, which are believed to belong to the AAE-1, Seacom, EIG, and TGN systems, marks a serious disruption of communications between Europe and Asia.
Workers operate on an (unrelated) lead line connected to fiber optic cable at Arrietara beach, near Bilbao, northern Spain, June 13, 2017, as Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp. join forces to build an underwater fiber optic cable across the Atlantic Ocean, linking Europe and the USA.(photo credit: REUTERS/VINCENT WEST/FILE PHOTO)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF