Middle East, Houthis: US ships attacked in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea
There Yemeni navycontrolled by Houthisattacked with missiles and dronesi the American tanker Torm Thor, which is located in the Gulf of Aden, as well as some US warships in the Red Sea: we read it in the newspaper Al-Masirah which is part of the Yemeni Shiite movement allied with Hamas and supported by Iran, which quotes the spokesperson of the armed forces Yemeni Yahya Saree.
The attacks, he said, fall within the response to the “plight of the Palestinian people” and “to US-British aggression against our country”.
Red Sea oil slick after Houthi attack on British ship
The Houthi attack that hit a British ship flying the Belize flag on February 18 caused a huge oil slick in the Red Sea: the Associated Press reports, citing a communication from the Pentagon.
The cargo ship, Rubymar, was carrying 41,000 tons of fertilizer and was headed to Bulgaria from the United Arab Emirates; She was attacked while sailing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait which connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. The government of Yemen has asked for international help to address the situation and avoid an environmental catastrophe.
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