Navy, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall and amphibious assault ship USS Bataan transit the Bab al-Mandeb strait on Aug. 9, 2023. The top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East says Yemen’s Houthi rebels are showing no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks...
The fresh attack occurred a few hours after the UN Security Council adopted a new resolution to condemn the Houthi attacks on the international shipping lines, demanding the group to immediately cease all such attacks, which violate international law. The Houthis control much of northern Yemen, in...
UKMTO reported the incident as occurring 23NM west of Mukha, with the ship and crew safe and continuing to the next port of call. “The Houthis attacked the MV Huang despite previously stating they would not attack Chinese vessels,” said US Central Command on Twitter. Later the same mornin...
military vessels or forces — a subtlety that Navy ship captains watching the incoming drones may question. In response to the attacks, last month Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Operation Prosperity Guardian, where the U.S. and more than 20 other countries have created a pr...
In a televised statement on Houthi-owned Al Masirah television, Saree identified the targeted vessels as the container ship MSC Unific, the chemical tankers Delonix and Lucky Sailor, and the UK Navy’s Anvil Point auxiliary vessel. The strikes, reportedly carried out with cruise missiles, took ...
The attack incurred slight damage to the vessel's bridge windows, it said, adding that the vessel continues sailing. In the meantime, the U.S. Central Command said on Monday afternoon its forces conducted a strike in self-defense against two Houthi explosive uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs)....
The U.S. military previously said the Feb. 18 missile attack had significantly damaged the bulk vessel and caused an 18-mile (29-km) oil slick. The ship was carrying about 21,000 metric tons of fertiliser, CENTCOM said on Saturday. ...
Rear Adm. Marc Miguez, the Navy commander for Carrier Strike Group Two, said that they were sure that Iran was offering funds to the Houthis along with intelligence support and training to attack shipping. He also said that Iran provides weapons to the Houthis despite U.N. sanctions. ...
As of Wednesday, the carrier strike group, which includes the cruiser USS Philippine Sea, the destroyers USS Mason and Gravely, and additional U.S. Navy assets in the region including the destroyers USS Laboon and USS Carney have conducted more than 95 intercepts of drones, anti-ship ba...
Earlier on Wednesday, the Houthis launched an attack drone and struck a bulk carrier ship in the Gulf of Aden. There were no injuries and the ship, the Marshall Islands-flagged, US-owned and operated M/V Genco Picardy, sustained some damage but was “seaworthy and continuing under way”,...