Houthi Explosive USV Detonated in Red Sea AttackRichard R. BurgessSea Power
Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck three commercial ships Sunday in the Red Sea.
After Hamas launched its deadly terrorist attack in Israel this past October, and Israel began itsunrelenting war in Gazain response, President Biden warned Iran and its proxies in the Middle East to stay out of it. One of those groups decided instead that it was all...
and announced that they would gradually return in full when possible. Following the attack on their vessel on Saturday, though,Maersk first suspended all Red Sea transits for
Two such ships are in the Red Sea, while the other two have crossed the waterway and are headed towards Asia. The fifth ship is going towards the Gulf of Aden.The companies that own these ships believe that being affiliated with an Asian Country might help avoid an attack by the Houthis...
ADEN, Yemen, June 23 (Xinhua) -- A merchant vessel flying the Liberian flag was struck by a Houthi drone attack while sailing in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah early Sunday morning, a pro-government naval official told Xinhua. ...
A series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have targeted a Liberian-flagged chemical tanker in the Red Sea.
Sarea justified the attack by accusing the cargo ship's owner of violating a Houthi ban on entering Israeli ports. The Coast Guard officials said an unmanned boat detonated at the stern, causing a big leak in the vessel's hull. An official added that the vessel made a distress call shortly...
Several major shipping lines and oil transporters have suspended their services through the Red Sea as more than a dozen vessels have come under attack since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in early October. Help appears to beon the way. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who is visitin...
At the State Department in Washington, spokesman Matthew Miller condemned the attack. “We continue to watch these reckless attacks with no regard for the well being of innocent civilians who are transiting through the Red Sea. And now they have, unfortunately and tragically, killed innocen...