The US Central Command said that the Houthi attack on the “Robimar” took place on February 18, and caused severe damage to the ship.
She added that the attack on the ship caused an oil spill 29 kilometers long.
The command said in a statement regarding the British-owned ship, which flies the Belize flag, “The ship is anchored, but water is slowly seeping into it.”
She indicated that the ship was transporting more than 41 thousand tons of fertilizer when it was attacked.
US forces shot down three drones near commercial shipping ships in the Red Sea on Friday, the day after they struck four drones that were prepared to be launched in Yemen, according to what the US military announced.
Since November 19, the Iranian-backed Houthis have been carrying out attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea that they suspect are linked to Israel or heading to its ports, declaring that this comes in support of the Gaza Strip, which has been witnessing a war between Hamas and Israel since October 7.
The US Central Military Command announced in a statement that US forces were able early Friday to “shoot down three Houthi attack drones near a number of commercial shipping ships operating in the Red Sea. The ships did not sustain any damage.”
The command stated that on Thursday, American forces struck four Houthi drones and two anti-ship cruise missiles, explaining that the weapons “were prepared to be launched toward the Red Sea from areas in Yemen controlled by the Houthis.”
In an attempt to deter them, American and British forces have launched strikes on sites belonging to the Houthis since January 12, and the American army alone carries out strikes from time to time that it says target sites or missiles and drones prepared for launch.
Following the Western strikes, the Houthis began targeting American and British ships in the region, considering that the interests of the two countries had become “legitimate targets.”
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