The Red Sea littoral, which has been experiencing competitions involving regional and extra-regional powers for at least two decades, has recently witnessed a heightened threat to the fragile regional security scenario in the shape of sustained attacks on Red Sea shipping b...
Eilat is situated on Israel’s southern coast on the Red Sea, linking the country to Asia and the Indian Ocean without the need to transit the Suez Canal, but its volumes had been in decline since a Q4 2022 spike saw the facility handle 124,000 tonnes, doubling its Q1 levels that year...
The attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have rerouted trade that normally flows through the corridor.
The Iran-backed Houthis control much of northern Yemen, including Sanaa and the strategic Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, where the group has held the Galaxy Leader, a Japanese-operated cargo ship linked to an Israeli company, and its crew, since they were seized on Nov. 19, 2023. The U...
Recent attacks on vessels in the Red Sea have led major shipping companies to halt shipments through the waterway which is a key route for oil, refined products, and other consumer goods. That’s raised the risk of disruptions to the transport of the world’s crude oil, and led to a ...
He said the crisis at sea must be seen within a broader regional context. He noted that the Red Sea is "far more than just a trade route," hailing it as a historic region with legitimate aspirations and hopes. The Security Council issued a press statement on Dec. 1, addressing the Hout...
Menace on the Red Sea – MSC rewires entire global network The alleged attack would be in keeping with recent events in the Red Sea where the Houthis have targeted US and UK-affiliated vessels with missile and drone attacks. Houthi announcements of attacks have repeatedly proven unreliable, ...
The Houthis, an armed political and religious group in Yemen with close ties to Iran, have cast themselves on social media as champions of the besieged people of Gaza, and are deploying Iranian-supplied weapons to disrupt global commerce and take on the
An Israeli Navy missile boat is seen in the area of the Red Sea on Nov 1, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Wednesday called for a halt to the attacks and harassment of civilian vessels and to respect and safeguard the freedom of navigation of all countries...
Resolution 2722 condemns "in the strongest terms" the Houthi attacks on Red Sea vessels since Nov. 19, 2023, when they attacked and seized the Galaxy Leader and its crew. It demands the Houthi militia immediately cease all such attacks, which impede global commerce and undermine navigational rig...