CBS News national security correspondent David Martin has the latest. Mar 6, 2024 04:25 At least 3 killed in first fatal Houthi attack on commercial ship U.S. officials say Yemen's Houthi rebels have carried out their first fatal attack on a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden. ...
A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on the ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel, the U.S. military said. It was the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the Irani...
ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A maritime attack on a merchant vessel following an armed approach occurred approximately 77 nautical miles west of Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported on Wednesday. According to the UKMTO, the...
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Iranian cargo ship has come under attack in the Red Sea, Al Arabiya TV reported on Tuesday, quoting unnamed sources, and semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim said the vessel was targeted by a limpet mine. Al Arabiya cited the sources as saying the vessel was atta...
land targets, the Aspides operation is solely to protect vessels by intercepting Houthis drones and missiles. It will not escort vessels as the EU has done inanti-piracy measures off of Somalia, where pirates use small boats to gain entry onto a vessel, a tactic not used by the Houthis...
had resumed some Red Sea sailings as of late last week, 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 48 hours, and thenextended the suspensionsuntil further notice....
Earlier in the day, a British maritime security agency reported a new missile attack on a commercial vessel near Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, the second attack in less than 24 hours. "The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency received a report of an incident in the vici...
In Thursday’s attack, the private security firm Ambrey said it “assessed the vessel to have a strong affiliation with the Houthi targeting profile,” without elaborating. JON GAMBRELL Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of...
The minister said the coordinated offensive followed multiple Houthi shipping assaults in the Red Sea, including against the U.K.-vessel HMS Diamond, which included 18 drones and a number of missiles. "There have been warning after warning, but the attacks have continued," Cameron said. "In ...
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), part of the Royal Navy which monitors maritime security in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea, told Reuters it was investigating. Records of the vessel could not be found in Equasis, a shipping database. A European Union anti-pi...