ATHENS/LONDON (Reuters) – An abandoned tanker that was drifting off Yemen’s coast in June has disappeared and is believed to have sunk, three navy and security sources said, the latest vessel lost in the strategically important Red Sea. The area, on the main shipping route from Europe to Asia, is considered high risk as Yemen’s […]
US forces launched successful attacks late this week on Houthi radars that helped facilitate the Iranian-backed group’s ongoing assaults on ships in the Red Sea, according to US Central Command. CENTCOM said the US military destroyed seven radars in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, which had allowed “Houthis to target maritime vessels and endanger commercial shipping.” […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military unleashed a wave of attacks targeting radar sites operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over their assaults on shipping in the crucial Red Sea corridor, authorities said Saturday, after one merchant sailor went missing following an earlier Houthi strike on a ship. The attacks come as […]
CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead and 140 missing, the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration said Tuesday. The boat was carrying some 260 Somalis and Ethiopians from the northern coast of Somalia on the 320-kilometer (200-mile) journey across the Gulf of Aden when […]
A boat carrying 260 migrants sank off Yemen’s coast on Monday, killing at least 39 people and leaving 150 others missing, the United Nations’ international migration agency said Tuesday. The International Organisation for Migration said in a message posted on social media that 71 people had survived the sinking. The nationalities of the migrants on […]
At least 38 people from the Horn of Africa have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, local officials say. Survivors have told rescuers that the vessel, which was carrying around 250 people, sank due to strong winds. The search continues for nearly 100 people who are still missing. Local authorities in […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in Yemen, images online purported to show Wednesday, as Yemen’s Houthi rebels continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war. It wasn’t immediately clear what brought down the drone, but the U.S. military’s Central Command acknowledged seeing “reports” of […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ship came under attack Tuesday in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, with a private security firm saying radio traffic suggested the vessel took on water after being struck. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion immediately fell on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have launched a […]
(Bloomberg) — An oil tanker was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen, Agence France-Presse reported. Most Read from Bloomberg The vessel was near the Bab el-Mandeb strait about 10 nautical miles (19 kilometers) southwest of the city of Mokha, the report said Saturday, citing maritime security firm Ambrey. The Iran-backed Houthi militants […]
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An explosive device detonated and killed six troops loyal to a United Arab Emirates-backed secessionist group Monday in southern Yemen, a military spokesman said, the latest attack blamed on al-Qaida militants in the impoverished Arab country. The explosion hit a military vehicle as it passed in a mountainous area in the […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — A ship traveling in the Gulf of Aden came under attack Thursday, officials said, the latest assault carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attack comes after the U.S. military said early Thursday an allied warship shot down a Houthi missile targeting […]
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An attack by al-Qaida in southern Yemen killed at least two troops loyal to a secessionist group, officials said Monday, in the first attack since the extremist group’s branch in the Arab country announced the death of its leader earlier this month. The attack, which took place late Sunday in the […]