These attacks have disrupted global shipping as several international companies have announced diversions of their vessels to the Cape of Good Hope route, even as increased war insurance premiums have made the Red Sea more uneconomical. The US and its allies have been re...
Since November,Iranian-backed Houthi rebelsin Yemen have launched dozens of missiles and drones at commercial vessels around the Red Sea. They are claiming to avenge the Israel counter-operation in Gaza against Hamas terrorists, though the Houthi attacks have grown increasingly indiscrimin...
These attacks are part of a broader campaign by the Houthis, which began in November 2023, targeting ships in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The group claims to be targeting vessels associated with Israel or en route to Israeli ports, citing the ongoing Israeli attacks in the ...
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.
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unraveled a key global trade route, forcing vessels into longer and more costly journeys around Africa.
pro-Palestinian protest in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 24, 2024. The Yemeni Houthi group on Friday claimed to have conducted multiple military strikes targeting commercial vessels in regional maritime zones, including the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Mediterranean. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/...
Since the beginning of November, there has been a rise in attacks on commercial vessels crossing the Red Sea by the Houthis, who are targeting ships with links to Israel. However, ships with no links to Israel were also affected.These attacks hav...
The Houthis have kept up a relentless campaign of attacks on vessels in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes since November, in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians during Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza. “The loss of life and injuries to civilian seafarers is completel...
Since the beginning of November, there has been a rise in attacks on commercial vessels crossing the Red Sea by the Houthis, who are targeting ships with links to Israel. However, ships with no links to Israel were also affected.These attacks have led to a fall in global exports and a ...
The U.S. Navy also has blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers in 2019, as well as for a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two European crew members in 2021. Tehran denies carrying out the attacks...