However, rather than deterring the Houthis, this military intervention has catalyzed an escalation, with the rebel group broadening its targeting to include U.S. and British naval vessels operating in the Red Sea. PERSISTING RED SEA CRISIS JEOPARDIZES REGIONAL PEACE Local Yemeni experts are raising...
CUBAN Missile Crisis, 1962The 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 att...
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.
Middle East crisis: Houthis say U.S., U.K. will pay a 'heavy price' after Yemen strikes People take part in a protest in the streets of the Yemeni Red Sea city of Hudeida, to condemn the overnight US and British forces strikes on Huthi rebel-held cities, on January 12, 2024, am...
the Red Sea in response to Houthi attacks and the prospect of further assaults, other companies, including the Danish freight company Maersk, implemented fees to transport goods. In late December,Maersk applied a transit distribution surcharge (TDS), which had an instantaneous impact on dozens ...
as Yemen was descending into a dire humanitarian crisis—by 2016 more than three-quarters of the population of Yemen lacked access to safe drinking water and sanitation—UN-sponsored peace talks began and initiated a months-long cease-fire that, while often violated, did achieve some success in...
AUS-led multinational naval coalitionhas been patrolling the Red Sea in an attempt to prevent the attacks, described by Ranslem as “fairly effective at countering the Houthi threat”. According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), the “Iranian-backed” Houthis launched 18 “Iranian-...
UNITED NATIONS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday voiced concerns about rising tensions in the Red Sea, urging the Houthis to acknowledge the navigation rights of commercial vessels from all nations in the Red Sea and to promptly halt any related attacks. ...
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis announced that they have attacked three commercial vessels in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, as well as two US destroyers in the Red Sea. The group describes these attacks as a show of support for Palestinians during the ongoing crisis between Israel and Gaza. ...
Meanwhile, a naval coalition being assembled by the U.S. to combat the Houthis’ Red Sea and Suez Canal attacks is still “a few weeks” away from being able to restore security to the region, according to Maersk. Ocean carrier ONE has joined the list of now six of the ten ...