TEHRAN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian Navy escort team on Wednesday defeated an attack by suspected pirates on an Iranian ship on route in the Red Sea, the official news agency IRNA reported. "The Navy escort team intervened and clashed with the attacking boats in the area this morning ...
"A special committee has been set up to investigate the attack on the SABITI (oil tanker), which was targeted by two missiles near the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea," Shamkhani was quoted as saying. He added that the existing video images and information have provided the Iranian ...
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on X (formerly Twitter) the following day that Diamond deployed its Sea Viper missile system to destroy the attack UAV, which had directly targeted the ship during the latest round of strikes from the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea and...
Since November, the Houthis from Yemen have been attacking ships in the Red Sea to demonstrate their support for Hamas. As a result, large maritime corporations have chosen to avoid using the Suez Canal and instead take the more expensive and time-consuming channel around Africa’s Cape of Go...
The U.S. military says three commercial ships in the Red Sea were struck by ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen, and the USS Carney shot down three drones in self-defense during the hourslong assault.
The UK Royal Navy's (RN's) Type 45 Daring-class destroyer HMS Diamond successfully repelled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack from Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi) rebel group that targeted the vessel in the Red Sea on 27 January. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on X (fo...
A series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have targeted a Liberian-flagged chemical tanker in the Red Sea.
US, UK Forces Repel 'Largest Attack' by Houthis in Red Sea More Reuters A view shows the bridge of HMS Diamond, seen here firing her Sea Viper missiles in the Red Sea on January 10, 2024. UK Ministry of Defence/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -U.S....
Saudi Arabia has asked the United States to show restraint in responding to attacks by Yemen's Houthis against ships in the Red Sea as Riyadh seeks to contain spillover from the Hamas-Israel war.
Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed Sunday’s attacks, saying the first vessel was hit by a missile and the second by a drone while in the Bab al Mandab strait that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Saree did not mention ...