A drone exploded near a vessel in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen on Saturday night, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), hours after an Iranian drone attack targeted an Israeli-linked chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean. The incident took place about 50 nautical miles west of Hodeidah, Yemen. … Read more
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. It was February 1991, and the crew of the British frigate HMS Gloucester was scrambling, trying to knock out an Iraqi Silkworm missile heading toward the USS Missouri — a World War II-era battleship recommissioned by former United States President Ronald Reagan. The extreme jolt from the … Read more
The recent attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on vessels in the Red Sea are being done so with intelligence provided by Iran’s paramilitary forces, according to an exclusive report by the Wall Street Journal on Friday, citing Western and regional security officials. The report claims that Iranian paramilitary forces controls a surveillance vessel that tracks … Read more
Former navy commander Eliezer (Chayni) Marom expressed his concerns about the Israeli media’s portrayal of the Houthis in Yemen during an interview with 103FM on Thursday morning. Marom emphasized that the Houthis should not be underestimated, as they are a highly dangerous terrorist organization that Israel has encountered in the past. Marom voiced his … Read more
In light of the constant Houthi attacks on commercial vessels sailing near Yemen’s coasts, several shipping companies have announced in recent days that they will halt their ship flow through the Suez Canal until sailing in the Red Sea is safe again. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org If this … Read more
The United States, Canada and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced early Tuesday in Bahrain. The seriousness of the attacks, several of … Read more
A Norwegian-owned vessel was attacked in the Red Sea on Monday in a strike that U.S. officials said originated from Yemeni territory controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. The attack on the M/V Swan Atlantic was the latest in a series on ships sailing the sea since the start of the Gaza war. There was … Read more
There have been at least three instances of attacks against commercial shipping vessels sailing off the coast of Yemen and Oman since Wednesday. The ongoing surge of maritime assaults by the Yemen-based Houthis has prompted US officials to escalate calls for a bolstered multinational naval force in the region, a prospect denounced by Iran. … Read more
The Iran-backed Houthi militia continued attacks on maritime traffic in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden on Friday morning, with UK authorities reporting that one vessel was hit by an unknown object, sparking a fire, while another was ordered to alter course toward Yemen. The first incident was reported at about 6:40 a.m. … Read more
A cargo ship reported a missile hitting the water as it sailed up the Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Thursday. The ship also said it had been instructed to change course and sail to Yemen, the UKMTO said in an advisory note. The crew of … Read more
