[Regnum] Unknown persons attacked a ship off the coast of Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported.
“UKMTO has been notified of an incident 72 nautical miles southeast of the port of Djibouti,” the center reported on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
| Houthis, IRGC, pirates? It would be nice to have a small hint… |
As Regnum reported, on April 7, UKMTO reported an attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden. It was noted that authorities have begun an investigation into the incident, which is classified as an attack.
On March 15, the Yemeni rebel Houthi movement Ansar Allah attacked the Israeli-owned commercial ship Pacific 01 in the Red Sea. The Houthis also attacked a US Navy destroyer.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported on March 24 that it repelled an attack by six Houthi drones over the Red Sea. According to the US military, five drones fell in the Red Sea and another flew into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
| Update at 1:45 a.m. ET: The Times of Israel says it’s Houthis: |
No injuries or damage reported; Iran-backed rebels say they attacked US destroyer in Gulf of Aden and Israeli-linked ship in Indian Ocean
A coalition vessel successfully engaged one anti-ship ballistic missile launched from the Iranian-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
"terrorist-controlled areas" in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
over the Gulf of Aden, the US Central Command said on Thursday.
"The [missile] was likely targeting the MV Yorktown, a US-flagged, owned, and operated vessel with 18 US and four Greek crew members," CENTCOM said in a statement.
"There were no injuries or damage reported by US, coalition, or
Separately, CENTCOM said it "successfully engaged and destroyed four airborne unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) over Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen."
The ASBM and UAVs presented an imminent threat to US, coalition, and merchant vessels in the region, it said.
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked the US ship Maersk Yorktown, an American destroyer in the Gulf of Aden and Israeli ship MSC Veracruz in the Indian Ocean, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised speech on Wednesday.
Earlier Wednesday,, British maritime security firm Ambrey said that it was aware of an incident southwest of the port city of Aden, an area where the Houthis often target ships they say are linked to Israel or the United States.
The vessel reported
| …confirming the Regnum report, above… |
The Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, seized one vessel and sank another since November, according to the United States Maritime Administration.
Houthi attacks have dropped in recent weeks as the rebels have been targeted by a US-led
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KABOOM!...
campaign in Yemen, while shipping through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden has declined because of the threat. American officials have speculated that the rebels may be running out of weapons as a result of the US-led campaign against them and their steady usage of drones and missiles in the last months.
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