Houthi fighters in Yemen have said they attacked two American ships and an Israeli boat. This is the first attack like this in more than two weeks.
The group from Iran said it attacked an American ship called Maersk Yorktown and an Israeli ship called MSC Veracruz in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. The spokesman, Yahya Sarea, talked about this on TV.
Yemen’s Houthis are attacking ships in the Red Sea to show support for Palestinians fighting Israel in Gaza. This has been going on since November.
“The Yemeni military says they will keep stopping Israeli ships or any ships going to ports in occupied Palestine in the Red and Arabian Seas, and also in the Indian Ocean,” Sarea stated on Wednesday.
Ambrey, a British maritime security company, said it knew about an incident near the port city of Aden, where the Houthis often attack ships they think are connected to Israel or the United States.
The ship said there was a big boom in the water, about 72 nautical miles from Djibouti, according to a new warning from Ambrey.
Houthi attacks are causing problems for global shipping in the Suez Canal. Companies have to take longer and more costly routes around southern Africa because of this. The United States and Britain attacked Houthi targets in Yemen.
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Houthis of Yemen claim to have targeted Israeli and American ships
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Crew deserts ship as Houthis claim to launch another missile assault off Yemen
The workers on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden left the ship after it was attacked by the rebel group called the Houthi movement from Yemen.
A spokesperson for the Houthi military said that the ship Rubymar could sink because it was hit by missiles.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency reported that a ship was left empty near Yemen after it was damaged by an explosion.
Lloyd’s List Intelligence said that the ship Rubymar was attacked by two missiles.
The Houthis, who are supported by Iran, have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with missiles and drones since mid-November. They say they are doing this to support the Palestinians in the fight between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The attacks made many shipping companies stop using the important waterway, which is responsible for about 12% of global sea trade.
The US and British military started bombing areas in western Yemen that are controlled by the Houthi rebel group. This was done in retaliation for previous attacks.
On Sunday night, UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) got a report from a ship about an incident that happened about 35 nautical miles (65km) south of the Yemeni Red Sea port of Mocha.
The owner said there was an explosion near the boat that caused damage at around 11:00 pm local time.
On Monday, the agency said that the military reported the crew left the ship after it was attacked.
“The boat is parked and all the crew are okay,” it said. “The military is still there to help. ”
A company called Ambrey said that a cargo ship from Belize, registered in Britain and operated by Lebanon, was attacked in the Bab al-Mandab Strait while sailing northwards on Sunday.
“The ship slowed down from 10 to six knots for a short time, changed direction, and called the Djiboutian Navy. Then it went back to its original speed and course,” the report stated.
Ambrey also said that the ship’s crew had been taken off by another merchant ship, and this matches with the actions of a Singaporean-flagged container ship.
Lloyd’s List Intelligence, which provides information about ships, said that the Rubymar was hit by two missiles and got badly damaged.
According to MarineTraffic, the Rubymar ship was traveling from Saudi Arabia to Bulgaria before the tracking signal was last received on Sunday.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on Monday morning that their naval forces shot missiles at a British ship called Rubymar in the Gulf of Aden.
The ship was badly damaged and completely stopped, but he didn’t show any proof.
“Because the ship was badly damaged, it might sink in the Gulf of Aden. ” “We made sure the ship’s crew got off the ship safely during the operation. ”
The Rubymar boat is from Belize and is owned by Golden Adventure Shipping, which is located in Southampton, England.
Ambrey knew that a cargo ship from Greece, owned by the US, asked for help from the military after a missile attack about 100 miles east of the southern port of Aden in Yemen.
UKMTO said there was an attack in the same place. The boss said there was an explosion near a ship, but the ship and crew are safe.
Mr Sarea also said Houthi air defenses in the Red Sea province of Hudaydah had shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone “while it was attacking our country on behalf of Israel”.
The US military did not make a comment right away.
The US Central Command attacked and destroyed five enemy weapons in Yemen on Saturday to protect U. S ships and merchant boats in the area.
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Cruise ships left Red Sea after attacks by Houthis
Cruise ships can’t go to the Red Sea because of the fighting in Yemen.
Carnival Corporation changed the course of 12 of its ships to go to a different area.
The ships are Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 and P&O Cruises’ Arcadia. They were supposed to go back to Southampton through the Suez Canal and Mediterranean.
Both ships will take an additional seven to 10 days to travel around the southern tip of Africa and then head home through the Atlantic.
Passengers will spend more time on the boat and less time visiting places they wanted to see, which they already paid for.
People who only booked the last part of the world cruises have had their trips cancelled.
Queen Mary 2 carries over 2,500 passengers, and Arcadia carries a little less.
A Cunard representative said the company is focused on keeping its guests and crew safe and healthy.
The person speaking said, “After considering recent events and talking to security experts and government officials, we have decided to change our route. ”
The Houthi rebels from Iran have been attacking ships in the Red Sea because they are angry about the Israel-Gaza conflict.
They haven’t attacked cruise ships yet, but they have been attacking navy ships and cargo ships.
Ships from Southampton usually go to sunny places during the winter and come back in March or April for the summer season in Europe.
Carnival Corporation, the biggest cruise company in the world, said it will have to spend more money on fuel because of changes to the cruise routes. -
Houthis allege more assaults on ships in Red Sea
The Houthi group in Yemen has launched missiles at two ships in the Red Sea, even though the US and UK have attacked them.
Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the group, said that if the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza doesn’t stop, his group will make the situation worse.
The Houthis attacked the Star Nasia and Morning Tide ships.
The ship called Star Nasia from Greece got hurt, but all the crew are okay, said a Greek official to Reuters.
Furadino Shipping Ltd, the British owner of the Morning Tide, said that there was a big bang near the ship, but the ship was okay, no one got hurt, and it kept going on its journey.
The group attacked after the US and UK did air strikes recently. The US hit two explosive surface vehicles on Monday.
The US said they hit Houthi missiles in previous attacks over the weekend. More than 30 places were hit in the third wave of UK and US attacks on Saturday.
The UK maritime agency received reports of a ship being attacked in the Red Sea near Hodeidah, Yemen, just after midnight.
British maritime security company Ambrey reported that a cargo ship owned by a British company and sailing under a Barbados flag was attacked and damaged while sailing at sea.
The leader of a UK warship called HMS Diamond, which has been helping to protect merchant ships from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, said on Tuesday that the situation in the area is very tense.
“Ships in the navy are shooting every day,” Peter Evans stated on Tuesday.
The Houthis, who are friends with Hamas, consider all Israeli, US, and British ships as fair targets because of Israel’s attack on Hamas in Gaza. They say they are only going after ships connected to these countries.
Since November, the group has attacked many ships in the Red Sea, which is a very busy shipping route. They control a big part of Yemen.
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Blinken on his way to Middle East after recent US bombings against Houthis
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, is going to the Middle East again. This will be his fifth visit to the region since October 7th.
He came to visit after the US said it did more attacks on Houthi missiles in Yemen on Sunday. The military said it hit a missile and four other missiles that were ready to launch at ships in the Red Sea.
The US and UK cooperated to attack the Houthi targets in order to prevent their attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
The Iran-backed group has been attacking military and commercial ships in the Red Sea that it believes are connected to Israel.
The US is going to attack more places in Iran because of a drone attack in Jordan that killed three US soldiers.Iran says the claims that they were involved are not true. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a group supported by Iran, said they were responsible.
More update on this story soon.
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US launches further attacks in Yemen against Houthis
The US military attacked the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen on Sunday, according to US Central Command (Centcom).
Centcom stated that the US attacked a missile on land and four anti-ship missiles that were about to be launched at ships in the Red Sea.
The most recent move happened after the US and UK attacked Houthi targets together.
The US has said it will do more to stop groups supported by Iran in Iraq and Syria.
On Friday, the US attacked targets connected to a group in Iran in Iraq and Syria. This was in response to three US soldiers being killed in a drone attack on a military base in Jordan on January 28th.
Jake Sullivan, who advises the government on keeping the country safe, said there will be more actions taken to stop the groups causing harm.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is going to the Middle East. He will visit Israel, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the West Bank.
Mr Sullivan said the most important thing for Mr Blinken would be to make a deal between Israel and Hamas. This deal would involve releasing hostages in exchange for stopping the fighting in Gaza.
“We will keep pushing for it without stopping,” Mr. But now it’s up to Hamas to make a decision.
Israel’s attack on Hamas has caused the deaths of over 26,000 Palestinians, according to the health ministry controlled by Hamas in the area. Hamas attacked southern Israel and about 1,300 people were killed.
The Houthis started attacking ships in the Red Sea to support Hamas. This made big shipping companies avoid the area and hurt global trade.
Egypt made almost half the money it usually does from the Suez Canal in January. The amount of ships using the canal also dropped by more than a third.
On Saturday, the US and UK launched attacks in the southern part of Yemen’s capital city, Sana’a. A human rights activist and local resident said houses were shaking because of the strikes.
Houthi officials talked back and said they will fight back against the US-led strikes.
In response to the attacks on Saturday, the group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Sarea, wrote on X: “These attacks will not stop us from supporting the strong Palestinian people in Gaza. We will not ignore or let the attacks go without consequences. ”
Before, the White House said that it’s air strikes on Iran-supported targets in Iraq and Syria are just the start of its response to Iran, not the end.
Iran says it did not attack the US base in Jordan with a drone. A group called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which is connected to Iran, says it is responsible.
But the US says that Tehran was involved in the attack and claims that the drone was made in Iran.
President Biden wrote to the US Congress and said that the strikes on Friday were aimed at buildings used by Iran’s military and their associated groups.
Iran’s IRGC has supported and trained the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
Mr Biden said that the places they attacked were used for commanding, storing weapons, training, getting supplies, and other things.
He said that the strikes were meant to stop these groups from attacking again, and were done carefully to avoid making the situation worse or hurting innocent people.
He also said he would take more action against the IRGC and people and places connected to them if needed.
Other countries in the region, like Iraq and Syria, are getting more and more upset about the American attack.
“No one told us there would be a strike, not during the strike or that night,” Farhad Alaaldin, who helps the leader of Iraq, said on the BBC’s Newshour show about the strikes that happened on Friday.
He said that whether a warning is given or not, it doesn’t change the fact that Iraq is a independent country.
A large group of people came together in Baghdad on Sunday to show their sadness for 17 militia members who were killed in the US air strikes.
The group shouted that America is very bad and evil, and they held up pictures of the people who had been hurt as they walked behind the ambulances carrying their bodies.
The foreign minister of Oman said that he is very worried about the ongoing increase in tension in the area. This information was shared with the Oman News Agency.
Badr Albusaidi is asking if the US attacks are really helping. He thinks they might make the region less safe and stable, and might make it harder to deal with problems like violence and extremism.Washington thinks that the attacks have “weakened the militia’s abilities” and have been effective, according to Mr. Sullivan’s statement on Sunday.
He said the US doesn’t want to keep fighting in the Middle East for a long time, but is ready to handle any threats from any group.
He refused to say if the US had decided not to do attacks in Iran.
After the attacks in Iraq and Syria on Friday, American forces were also attacked, a US defense official told the media.
The attack targeted American forces stationed at Euphrates in Syria by shooting rockets at them. The person in charge said that nobody got hurt and nothing got broken. -
British-affiliated tanker Marlin Luanda attacked by Houthis in Gulf of Aden
A big ship from the UK was on fire for a long time in the Gulf of Aden. It was hit by a missile from the Houthis.
The group from Yemen, supported by Iran, said they attacked the Marlin Luanda on Friday because of “American-British aggression”.
The US and UK are bombing Houthi targets because they attacked ships in the Red Sea.
Ships from France, India, and the United States helped the boat.
UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said the attack was very bad and against the law.
“We must make sure that ships can travel freely in the Red Sea, and we promise to keep working towards that goal,” he said on X.
The company that runs the Marlin Luanda ship is called Oceonix Services Ltd. They are based in the UK.
The big ship is from the Marshall Islands and is used by Trafigura, a big company that trades around the world.
On Saturday, Trafigura said everyone on the ship was okay and they had put out the fire in one of the cargo tanks. The ship is headed to a safe place to dock, the company announced.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said that the tanker, which had 22 Indian and 1 Bangladeshi crew members, did not have any injuries or deaths.
The Houthis recently attacked commercial ships in and around the Red Sea. The group is attacking ships in the area to help the Palestinians in Gaza who are fighting against Israel.
A Houthi spokesperson said they targeted the Marlin Luanda because they believed it was a British ship, in response to what they see as American-British aggression against their country.
The UK government said it is not okay to attack commercial ships. They also said that Britain and its allies have the right to retaliate if needed.
The US Central Command said that these illegal actions are not connected to the fighting in Gaza.
“The boat and its crew are not connected to Israel in any way. ” The Houthis have shot into the Red Sea without aiming at specific targets, which has affected more than 40 countries, according to Centcom.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said the incident happened 60 nautical miles to the southeast of Aden.
It told other boats to be careful and tell authorities if they saw anything suspicious.
Later, Centcom announced that they attacked a Houthi anti-ship missile that was ready to be launched into the Red Sea at 03:45 local time on Saturday. Centcom said they destroyed the missile to protect themselves.
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UK is not looking for conflict with the Houthis – Sunak
The UK will attack Houthi targets in Yemen again if they keep attacking ships in the Red Sea, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.
Mr Sunak said the UK doesn’t want to fight with the Iran-backed group, but will defend itself if necessary.
It comes after the US attacked Yemen overnight.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he supported the “focused action”.
Speaking to the members of the House of Commons on Tuesday, Rishi Sunak said: “We don’t want to argue. ” We ask the Houthis and their supporters to stop these illegal and unacceptable attacks.
However, if needed, the United Kingdom will not hesitate to defend itself again.
“We can’t just watch these attacks happen without doing anything about it. ” Not doing anything is also a decision.
On Monday night, the US and UK worked together to launch strikes for the second time since they last did on January 11th.
Since November, the Houthis have attacked lots of ships in the Red Sea, which is a very busy place for ships.
The pro-Hamas group is attacking Israeli ships because of the military operation in Gaza.
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US and UK initiate new attacks on Houthis
The US and UK worked together to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen.
The Pentagon said that on Monday, the attacks hit eight places, including a place where weapons are kept underground and a place where Houthi group’s missiles and surveillance equipment are kept.
The Houthis, who are supported by Iran, have been attacking ships that they believe are connected to Israel and the West as they pass through the important Red Sea trade route.
The US and UK said they were trying to keep trade moving freely.
The Pentagon said they did more attacks on the Houthis that were fair and needed.
We want to reduce tensions and make the Red Sea calm again. But we want to tell the Houthi leaders that we will protect people and keep trade moving in the Red Sea. It’s an important waterway and we won’t ignore any threats.
The US has attacked Houthi targets in Yemen for the eighth time. This is the second time the UK and another country have worked together on a military operation, after they joined forces for strikes on 11 January.
The UK’s foreign secretary, Lord David Cameron, said that they have sent a strong message and will keep making it difficult for the Houthis to carry out attacks.
When asked if the attacks could make things worse in the Middle East, Lord Cameron said that it was the Houthis who were making things worse and he believed the previous attacks worked well.
He said the story the Houthis told about the attacks being connected to the war between Israel and Hamas should not be believed. The UK wants the fighting in Gaza to stop quickly.
Lord Cameron said the UK asked for a quick break from fighting to help people in need, and they hope it leads to a long-lasting and stable stop to the fighting. He said he will suggest a plan when he goes to the region this week.
The statement said that Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands supported the strikes.
The UK’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will speak in the House of Commons today about the decision to do more strikes. Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition, did not know about the strikes before they happened. But this morning, he was seen going to the Cabinet Office for a private meeting.
Fighter planes from the USS Eisenhower attacked on Monday.
Four RAF Typhoon planes, along with two Voyager tankers, teamed up with the US forces, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced.
“We used special bombs to hit many targets at two military sites near Sanaa airfield with our airplane. ” The MoD said that these places were being used to keep attacking ships in the Red Sea.
“Like the UK usually does, we carefully planned the strikes to make sure no civilians would get hurt. We also made sure to bomb at night to lower the risk even more,” the statement said.
Government minister Huw Merriman said to Sky News that the airstrikes will happen again if the Houthis keep attacking ships in the Red Sea.
The UK’s Defense Secretary, Grant Shapps, said that the strikes were done to protect themselves from the Houthis’ unacceptable attacks on ships.
“This action will make it harder for the Houthi group to cause problems and will weaken their ability to impact global trade,” he wrote on X.
Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey said his party is worried about the attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea. They believe that limited strikes may be necessary, but it’s very important for Parliament to discuss and vote on the matter.
Houthi-controlled Al Masirah TV said that there were attacks in Sanaa, Taiz, and Bayda provinces in Yemen, including the al-Dailami air base near the capital Sanaa.
Ten days after the US and UK bombed the Houthis, they are still standing strong.
They keep shooting different things at ships near Yemen, and they accidentally hit a ship carrying Russian oil.
Under a new operation called Poseidon Archer, the US has attacked more targets after already attacking Houthi sites.
The Pentagon says that the missiles were destroyed right before they were going to be launched. Western intelligence recently said they think that about 30% of the Houthi’s missiles were damaged or destroyed.
The Houthis, who get help from Iran, want to keep attacking ships they think are connected to Israel, the US, or the UK.
These actions have made them very well-liked in their country, where many people have been suffering under their harsh rule.
Many people in the Arab world like the Houthis because they say they support Hamas and are against Israel with help from Iran.
Mr Sunak talked with US President Joe Biden earlier on Monday.
The White House said Mr. Biden and Mr. Sunak talked about attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea. The White House said they promise to protect ships, trade, and sailors from unfair attacks, and to allow ships to travel freely.
It said: “The president and prime minister talked about giving more help to the people in Gaza and keeping them safe. They also talked about getting back the people who are kept as prisoners by Hamas. ”The Houthis started attacking ships that carry goods in November. They said they were doing this because of Israel’s military operation in Gaza.
Since that time, the group has carried out many attacks on commercial ships that go through the Red Sea, which is one of the busiest routes for ships in the world.
The US and UK started bombing many Houthi targets on January 11th.
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US-UK strikes on Houthis were “enough” – Shapps says
UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps talked about the US and UK attacking the Houthis in Yemen. He said they did this to stop more attacks on ships in the Red Sea because they had enough of it.
The US and UK attacks were trying to weaken the Houthis’ military power because they have been attacking cargo ships since November.
The Houthis are a group that runs a big part of Yemen and are friends with Hamas in Gaza.
Shapps said on BBC that they took quiet and fair actions to stop more violent behavior in the area.
The US military stopped an anti-ship missile from hitting one of its warships. The missile was sent from an area controlled by the Houthi group in Yemen.
There were no injuries or damage in the incident that happened on Sunday afternoon. It was not reported until last night.
PM Rishi Sunak is going to talk to MPs about the US-UK strikes. It will be his first time talking about it in the Commons.
More update on this story soon.
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US targets Houthis in Yemen as Gaza conflict rages on
The Houthis are attacking ships in the Red Sea that belong to Israel or are going to Israel, to show they support Hamas in Gaza. Hamas, just like the Houthis, have support from Iran.
In Gaza, Palestinians were attacked again by Israel last night. There were reports of bombs being dropped all over the area.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed a tunnel with explosives in it and killed some “terrorists” in Khan Younis in the morning.The Palestinian news agency Wafa said that there were attacks on Gaza City in the north, and 20 people were reported to have been killed.
Many people were said to have been killed in the Al-Dawa neighborhood in Gaza. The IDF found and destroyed two places where rockets are shot in central Gaza.
Three Palestinians were killed by Israel in the West Bank. Israel says they were terrorists who attacked an Israeli settlement.
Friday night, rockets were shot into the southern part of Israel from Gaza.Israeli army says there was shooting at the border with Lebanon on Saturday morning. The Israeli air force destroyed buildings and equipment used by terrorists.
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Iran needs to order Houthis to stop – Shapps
The UK’s defense secretary has warned Iran to tell its friends in the Middle East to stop what they’re doing because the world is getting tired of it.
Grant Shapps has pointed out that the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon are important friends of Iran and they support Hamas.
The UK and the US worked together to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday night.
The Houthis have been attacking boats in the Red Sea since November.
The group from Iran who controls a big part of Yemen says they are attacking ships because of Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
On Friday, American and British forces launched air attacks on 16 places in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. They targeted places like supply centers, defense systems, and military storage areas. US officials said they also attacked again on Saturday.
MrShapps said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph that Iran is important for calming down the tensions in the Middle East.
When asked about what he wants to say to the Iranian government, he said that they need to stop supporting groups like the Houthi rebels, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and others in Iraq and Syria. The world is getting tired of their actions and wants them to stop.
“We notice you, and we know what you’re up to. ” We are watching what you are doing, especially the Houthi rebels, and it won’t end well.
MrShapps said that the UK is defending itself because container ships are being threatened and a drone attacked a Royal Navy destroyer recently.
Hezbollah and Israel are shooting at each other across the border between Lebanon and Israel. This started when the Israeli military responded to Hamas attacks in southern Israel.
About 1,300 people died and 240 were taken by force in Israel. Israel attacked Gaza and more than 23,000 people have been killed.
Iranian groups in Syria and Iraq have often been attacking US military bases in the area since the war began.
Houthi attacks in the Red Sea went up by 500% between November and December last year. The danger is so big that big shipping companies stopped sailing in the area and now insurance costs are 10 times higher than before December.
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US will retaliate if Houthis keep attacking – Biden
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, warns the Houthis that there will be more punishment if they keep acting badly.
The US and UK did a lot of airstrikes on Friday. They targeted nearly 30 Houthi positions because the Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea.
Five people were killed, and the group said they will take revenge.
Mr Biden said the attacks went well and he believes the Houthis are a “terrorist” group.
The Houthis said that 73 missiles were fired at Yemen during the attack. They said that the attack meant that UK and US interests are now okay to be targeted.
“The US and UK did something very stupid by attacking us,” said Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam.
John Kirby, a person who works in the White House, said that we don’t want to have a war with Yemen.
However, he said that Mr. Biden will not hesitate to take more action to protect our soldiers, buildings, and trade with other countries.
The attacks on Friday were supported by the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
The Pentagon says the group might not be able to fight back with a big army right now.
“The Director of Operations, Lt Gen Douglas A Sims ll, said today that we saw a missile being fired, but it didn’t hit any ships. ”
Before, a UK maritime security group said that someone shot a missile at a boat near the south coast of Yemen, but no one got hurt and nothing was damaged.
The company Ambrey, which protects ships at sea, said that the Houthis made a mistake by attacking a tanker that was carrying Russian oil. They thought the ship was connected to the UK, but it wasn’t.
However, the US is saying they think Iran is helping the Houthi group with the resources to carry out the Red Sea attacks.
Tehran criticized the attacks on Yemen and said they broke international laws.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the strikes on Friday were not too much, but Turkey said Britain and the US are trying to make the Red Sea very dangerous.
BothSunak and Mr. Biden were criticized because they did not consult fully with their legislatures before launching the attacks.
The UK and US want to make it clear that the strikes were meant to protect shipping routes and were not related to the Israel-Gaza conflict, which they worry could cause more problems in the Middle East.
Many countries supported Israel after the Hamas attacks on 7 October. Around 1,300 people died and about 240 were taken hostage.
The Houthis are helping Hamas, a group in Gaza that Israel is attacking. So far, 23,350 people have died in the attacks, according to the health ministry in Gaza run by Hamas.
When the war started, the Houthis began attacking ships that they believed were going to Israel or had connections to Israel. They said these ships were fair game to attack.
So far, the Pentagon says that 27 ships have been attacked in the Red Sea. But it seems that many of the ships that were attacked are not military ships.
The Houthis are a big danger and now big ships are not going there and it costs 10 times more to insure them since December.
In the city of Sanaa in Yemen, which is controlled by the Houthi group, many people protested against the airstrikes by the US and UK.
“This rally is the first to speak out against the attack on Yemen last night,” one man told the Reuters news agency.
“This is also a message to Britain and the United States of America that they will suffer consequences for this attack. ”
Since October, there have been big rallies in Yemen to support the Palestinians and Gaza. This Friday’s rallies were even bigger than usual.
The Houthis are a group of fighters from a smaller group of Shia Muslims in Yemen called the Zaidis. They say they are part of the Iranian-led “axis of resistance” with Hamas and Hezbollah. They are against Israel, the US, and the wider West.
They have taken over a big part of north-western Yemen, including the biggest city, Sana’a, and are now the main government there since taking control in 2014.