The Houthis increasingly act as if they control the Red Sea. More than eight months after the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian began, the Houthis continued to attack ships. They go further than attacks now, they also say who can and cannot help the ships in distress. The recent attack on the Sounion is an … Read more
Yemen’s Houthis have detonated several explosives on board the Greek-flagged Sounion tanker on Thursday, according to video footage released by the group. The Sounion was captured by the Houthis on August 21, forcing its crew of 23 to be evacuated by European forces in the area. مشاهد اقتحام وإحراق السفينة اليونانية (SOUNION) في البحر … Read more
Since the Gaza war began last year, more than 20 attacks on container ships by the Houthis have been reported. AFP Australia will lead an international taskforce in a six-month operation, starting October, to protect the shipping routes in the Red Sea against Houthi insurgents from Yemen. The Defense department announced that Australia will command … Read more
In the footage, the oil tanker Sounion is seen engulfed in flames after being attacked approximately 77 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen (Photo:X) Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has published footage of the recent attack on a Greek oil tanker in the southern Red Sea. In the footage, the oil tanker Sounion is seen … Read more
Three fires blazed on a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Friday, one day after rescuers evacuated its crew in the wake of an assault by Yemeni Houthi terrorists. The Iran-aligned Houthis, who control Yemen’s most populous regions, said on Thursday that they had attacked … Read more
Oil products tanker Sounion was attacked by two small boats and struck by three projectiles in the Red Sea off Yemen on Wednesday, causing damage to the vessel but no injuries, the Greek shipping ministry and UK maritime agency UKMTO said. Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched a series of attacks on international shipping near … Read more
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Wednesday that it had targeted the Contship Ono in the Red Sea and two US destroyers in the Gulf of Aden, while Contships Management said the vessel had not been hit and its crew were safe. Earlier, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that the Houthi air … Read more
The internationally recognized Sudanese government, led by army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, welcomed Iran’s ambassador to the country on Monday while sending its own to Tehran for the first time since severing diplomatic ties in 2016, Sudan’s foreign ministry announced. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org In October of … Read more
Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit and damaged a Singapore-flagged container ship with two missiles on Friday as they escalate attacks on global shipping over Israel’s war in Gaza. The overnight assault on the Lobivia cargo ship came as the Iran-aligned Houthis also claimed responsibility for a fiery, long-range aerial drone strike in the center of … Read more
The Houthis have been searching for a missing ship that “disappeared” in the Red Sea, according to reports at the UAE-based Al-Ain media. “For the third day, the Houthis are mobilizing their groups, patrols and reconnaissance drones in the Red Sea in search of a missing boat carrying ‘valuable catch’ that was scheduled to … Read more
