A US Navy officer on Thursday said that the Houthis fired an uncrewed boat from Yemen toward international shipping lines in the Red Sea, but it exploded before hitting any ships. Heading toward shipping routes clearly to harm, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper of US Navy operations focused in the ...
British and American ships are tentatively returning to the Red Sea after Yemen’s Houthi rebels vowed to hold off attacks on vessels linked to both nations, a sign that traffic on one of the world’s main trade routes could normalize after more than a year of disruption. British and Americ...
Corey Ranslem, CEO at maritime intelligence firm Dryad Global, toldNaval Technology. “We expect the missile and drone threats – and diversions around the Red Sea – to continue for the foreseeable future.”
“Vessels ‘go dark’ to avoid Houthi attacks,” blared headlines as 2024 kicked in, and commercial shipping very swiftly threw forecasts to the winds as it became apparent that the spate of attacks in the Red Sea region in the closing weeks of 2023 had morphed into a campaign. ...
Sea. This is not the EU's first mission in protecting maritime trade, as it already patrols the waters off the Libyan Coast, around the Cape of Good Hope, and the Gulf. But the EU said the Red Sea moves reflectthe need for a stronger European presencein protecting ships from Houthi ...
The Houthi rebels in Yemen carried out one of their largest attacks on Red Sea ships, causing an extensive naval clash, the US-UK Launch Strikes Against Houthis In the Red Sea.
The statement on Tuesday said the U.S. had struck four anti-ship ballistic missiles that were an imminent threat to U.S. Navy ships and commercial vessels in the Red Sea. But in the afternoon, the Houthis hit another merchant ship in the Red Sea, a sign the group is not stopping the...
Maritime Sources Expect Houthis to Halt Red Sea Attacks After Gaza Deal More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Greek-registered tanker ship Sounion burns after an attack by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants in the Red Sea, September 6, 2024 in this satellite image. 2024 Planet Labs...
Italy's defense ministry also said that one of its naval ships had shot down a drone flying towards it in the Red Sea. The Houthi Transport Ministry, meanwhile, said there had been a "glitch" in undersea communication cables in the Red Sea as a result of actions by U.S. and British...
THE Israel-Hamas conflict has steadily continued into 2024 and has now moved into the wider Middle East, with the Iran-aligned Houthis of Yemen launching attacks on commercial shipping transiting the Red Sea and firing missiles at Israel in reaction to its campaign. The attacks have raised ...