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BGR Government Affairs has signed on the Yemeni National Resistance and its effort to combat the Houthis rebel group.
The Iran-backed Houthis have carried out attacks on more than 100 ships in the Red Sea since November 2023. Following the Gaza ceasefire agreement on Jan. 20, the Houthis promised to limit their attacks to Israel-connected vessels.
BGR is to provide strategic guidance to the YNR regarding government affairs activity in the US. That may include outreach to US officials, and the distribution of informational materials.
President Erskine Wells, who was deputy chief of staff & military legislative assistant to Republican Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), will spearhead the push for the YNR.
Maya Seiden, co-head of BGR’s international & trade policy group; and Pete Landrum, principal, round out the team.
YNR, which is backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, agrees to pay BGR a monthly fee of $62K for the six-month period beginning Feb. 1. Payments are to be paid in advance and in six-month installments.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
Imperium Strategies has signed the Government of Turkey as a client for government relations services.
