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Red Sea<\/strong><\/a> on Friday, US authorities announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rebels fired three missiles in the attack, one of which damaged the Panama-flagged, Seychelles-registered Andromeda Star, the US military's Central Command said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1784021287553135050\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The private security firm Ambrey described the tanker as being \u201cengaged in Russia-linked trade.\u201d The vessel was traveling from Primorsk, Russia, to Vadinar, India, Ambrey said.<\/p>\n<p>Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed the attack early Saturday in a pre-recorded statement aired by the rebels. He described the tanker as being \u201cdirectly hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1783976235460071758\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Another vessel, the Antiqua-Barbados-flagged, Liberia-operated Maisha, was also nearby at the time of the assault, US officials said. The attack occurred off Mocha, Yemen, near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis have launched more than 50 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//07//first-fatal-attack-by-houthis-kills-three-in-red-sea/">attacks on ships since November. They have also seized one vessel and sank another, according to the US Maritime Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Houthi attacks have dropped in recent weeks as the rebels have been targeted by a US-led airstrike campaign in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//yemen/">Yemen. Shipping through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has declined due to the threat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>American officials have speculated the rebels may be running out of weapons as a result of the US-led campaign against them. They have been\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//04//24//blast-near-a-ship-off-yemen-may-mark-a-new-attack-by-houthi-rebels/">firing drones and missiles steadily at the group in the last months.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, since Wednesday, there have been at least two other attacks claimed by the Houthis. The first targeted the MV Yorktown, a US-flagged owned and operated vessel. Another targeted the MSC Darwin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//40//20//82//808x539_cmsv2_33ac9bdb-6640-5c80-95e3-d34e109b283f-8402082.jpg/" alt=\"In this photo provided by the Ministry of Defence, a Sea Viper missile is launched from HMS Diamond to shoot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis. April 24, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/20\/82\/384x256_cmsv2_33ac9bdb-6640-5c80-95e3-d34e109b283f-8402082.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/20\/82\/640x427_cmsv2_33ac9bdb-6640-5c80-95e3-d34e109b283f-8402082.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/20\/82\/750x500_cmsv2_33ac9bdb-6640-5c80-95e3-d34e109b283f-8402082.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/20\/82\/828x552_cmsv2_33ac9bdb-6640-5c80-95e3-d34e109b283f-8402082.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/20\/82\/1080x720_cmsv2_33ac9bdb-6640-5c80-95e3-d34e109b283f-8402082.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/20\/82\/1200x800_cmsv2_33ac9bdb-6640-5c80-95e3-d34e109b283f-8402082.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/20\/82\/1920x1281_cmsv2_33ac9bdb-6640-5c80-95e3-d34e109b283f-8402082.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">In this photo provided by the Ministry of Defence, a Sea Viper missile is launched from HMS Diamond to shoot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis. April 24, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Houthis have said they will continue their attacks until Israel ends its war in Gaza, which has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most of the ships targeted by the Houthis have had little or no direct connection to Israel, the US, or other nations involved in the war. The rebels have also fired missiles toward Israel, though they have largely fallen short or been intercepted.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714201400,"updatedAt":1714211127,"publishedAt":1714211120,"firstPublishedAt":1714211127,"lastPublishedAt":1714211127,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/20\/80\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ef7cd0c6-7fec-5f7c-8f22-1fc0b1072333-8402080.jpg","altText":"Houthi supporters attend a rally against the US-led strikes against Yemen and in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, April. 26, 2024. ","caption":"Houthi supporters attend a rally against the US-led strikes against Yemen and in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, April. 26, 2024. ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/20\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_33ac9bdb-6640-5c80-95e3-d34e109b283f-8402082.jpg","altText":"In this photo provided by the Ministry of Defence, a Sea Viper missile is launched from HMS Diamond to shoot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis. April 24, 2024","caption":"In this photo provided by the Ministry of Defence, a Sea Viper missile is launched from HMS Diamond to shoot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis. 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But suspicion still\u00a0fell on the group, which typically takes several hours before acknowledging an assault. \n\nThe explosion happened some 130km southeast of Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden. \n\n\u201cThe master of a merchant vessel reports an explosion in the water a distance from the vessel,\u201d the UKMTO said. \u201cVessel and crew reported safe. Authorities are investigating.\" \n\nThe private maritime security firm Ambrey separately reported the incident. \n\nFrequent attacks on shipping \n\nThe Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, seized one vessel and sank another since November, according to the US Maritime Administration.\u00a0Shipping through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has declined because of the threat. \n\nHouthi attacks have dropped in recent weeks as a result of a US-led airstrike campaign in Yemen that has targeted the rebels. American officials have speculated that the rebels may also be running out of weapons as a result of the campaign. \n\nHowever, the Houthis have said they would continue their attacks until Israel ends its war in Gaza, which has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians.\u00a0 \n\nThe ships targeted by the Houthis largely have had little or no direct connection to Israel, the US or other nations involved in the war. While the rebels have also fired missiles toward Israel itself, they have generally either fallen short or been intercepted. \n\nThe assaults have raised the profile of the Houthis, who are members of Islam\u2019s minority Shiite Zaydi sect, which ruled Yemen for 1,000 years until 1962.\u00a0 \n\nThe group seized Sanaa, Yemen's capital, in late 2014. A Saudi-led coalition has been battling the group in a stalemated conflict since 2015. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Reports say a ship near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait may have witnessed an explosion in the distance on Wednesday, possibly signalling a new attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels.<\/p>\n<p>The strait between Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa and\u00a0Yemen\u00a0connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden in\u00a0the Indian Ocean and is a crucial waterway for international trade and aid.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion comes after a relative lull from the Houthis, who have launched dozens of attacks on shipping in the region over Israel's ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the blast, which was reported by the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre. But suspicion still\u00a0fell on the group, which typically takes several hours before acknowledging an assault.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1783095073296757206\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The explosion happened some 130km southeast of Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe master of a merchant vessel reports an explosion in the water a distance from the vessel,\u201d the UKMTO said. \u201cVessel and crew reported safe. Authorities are investigating.\"<\/p>\n<p>The private maritime security firm Ambrey separately reported the incident.<\/p>\n<h3>Frequent attacks on shipping<\/h3><p>The Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, seized one vessel and sank another since November, according to the US Maritime Administration.\u00a0Shipping through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has declined because of the threat.<\/p>\n<p>Houthi attacks have dropped in recent weeks as a result of a US-led airstrike campaign in Yemen that has targeted the rebels. American officials have speculated that the rebels may also be running out of weapons as a result of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Houthis have said they would continue their attacks until Israel ends its war in Gaza, which has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ships targeted by the Houthis largely have had little or no direct connection to Israel, the US or other nations involved in the war. While the rebels have also fired missiles toward Israel itself, they have generally either fallen short or been intercepted.<\/p>\n<p>The assaults have raised the profile of the Houthis, who are members of Islam\u2019s minority Shiite Zaydi sect, which ruled Yemen for 1,000 years until 1962.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The group seized Sanaa, Yemen's capital, in late 2014. A Saudi-led coalition has been battling the group in a stalemated conflict since 2015.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1713962168,"updatedAt":1713966288,"publishedAt":1713966285,"firstPublishedAt":1713966288,"lastPublishedAt":1713966288,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/63\/80\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a9dad0a8-c730-52c2-b0fd-55a40b6abce8-8286380.jpg","altText":"View of the U.S.S. Gravely (DDG 107) destroyer in the south Red Sea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.","caption":"View of the U.S.S. 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He did not give further details of the attacks.","summary":"Yahya Saree, Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman, said in a televised statement that the operations took place ''during the last 72 hours''. He did not give further details of the attacks.","keySentence":"","url":"yemens-houthis-say-they-launched-missiles-rockets-at-western-ships","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/04\/07\/yemens-houthis-say-they-launched-missiles-rockets-at-western-ships","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Iran-aligned Houthis said they\u00a0targeted a British ship and a number of US frigates in the Red Sea, while in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean it had attacked two Israeli vessels heading to Israeli ports. \n\nEarlier, British security firm Ambrey said it had received information indicating that a vessel was attacked on Sunday in the Gulf of Aden about 102 nautical miles southwest of Mukalla in Yemen. \n\n\u201cVessels in the vicinity were advised to exercise caution and report any suspicious activity,\u201d the firm said. It did not say who was responsible for the attack or give further details. \n\nSeparately, a missile landed near a vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday but there was no damage to the ship or injuries to crew in the incident, 59 nautical miles southwest of the Yemeni port of Aden, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said. \n\n\u201cThe Master of the vessel reports a missile impacted the water in close proximity to the vessel\u2019s port quarter,\u201d UKMTO said in an advisory note. \u201cNo damage to the vessel reported and crew reported safe,\u201d it added. \n\nIt did not say who fired the missile or give further details. It was not immediately clear if the attacks reported by the British agencies were the same as the latest incidents claimed by the Houthis. \n\nHouthi attacks have disrupted global shipping through the Suez Canal, forcing firms to re-route to longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa. The US and Britain have launched strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. \n\nThe group has previously declared any Israel-linked ship as a target, and that they will not stop until Israel ceases its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Iran-aligned Houthis said they\u00a0targeted a British ship and a number of US frigates in the Red Sea, while in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean it had attacked two Israeli vessels heading to Israeli ports.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, British security firm Ambrey said it had received information indicating that a vessel was attacked on Sunday in the Gulf of Aden about 102 nautical miles southwest of Mukalla in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVessels in the vicinity were advised to exercise caution and report any suspicious activity,\u201d the firm said. It did not say who was responsible for the attack or give further details.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, a missile landed near a vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday but there was no damage to the ship or injuries to crew in the incident, 59 nautical miles southwest of the Yemeni port of Aden, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Master of the vessel reports a missile impacted the water in close proximity to the vessel\u2019s port quarter,\u201d UKMTO said in an advisory note. \u201cNo damage to the vessel reported and crew reported safe,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>It did not say who fired the missile or give further details. It was not immediately clear if the attacks reported by the British agencies were the same as the latest incidents claimed by the Houthis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//35//49//28//808x539_cmsv2_62469268-62ed-53b8-9e9e-e34f0019dac5-8354928.jpg/" alt=\"Houthi backers in Sanaa, Yemen, protest marking Jerusalem Day in support of Palestinians in Gaza. 5 April 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/49\/28\/384x256_cmsv2_62469268-62ed-53b8-9e9e-e34f0019dac5-8354928.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/49\/28\/640x427_cmsv2_62469268-62ed-53b8-9e9e-e34f0019dac5-8354928.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/49\/28\/750x500_cmsv2_62469268-62ed-53b8-9e9e-e34f0019dac5-8354928.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/49\/28\/828x552_cmsv2_62469268-62ed-53b8-9e9e-e34f0019dac5-8354928.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/49\/28\/1080x720_cmsv2_62469268-62ed-53b8-9e9e-e34f0019dac5-8354928.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/49\/28\/1200x800_cmsv2_62469268-62ed-53b8-9e9e-e34f0019dac5-8354928.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/49\/28\/1920x1280_cmsv2_62469268-62ed-53b8-9e9e-e34f0019dac5-8354928.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Houthi backers in Sanaa, Yemen, protest marking Jerusalem Day in support of Palestinians in Gaza. 5 April 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Osamah Abdulrahman\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree claimed that along with targeting the Propel Fortune Attack, the Houthi forces also launched 37 drones targeting American warships. \n\nAmerican officials said early on Saturday that the US Navy, allied warships and aircraft have shot down 15 bomb-carrying Houthi drones in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. \n\nFriday's attack on Propel Fortune came after a Houthi missile struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, killing three of its crew members and forcing survivors to abandon the vessel. \n\nThat was the first fatal strike in the Houthi's campaign over the war in Gaza. The Houthis describe the attacks as trying to pressure Israel into stopping the war, but their targets increasingly have little or nothing to do with the conflict. \n\nOther recent Houthi actions include an attack in February on a fertiliser-carrying cargo ship, the Rubymar, which sank on Saturday after drifting for several days, and the downing of an American drone worth tens of millions of dollars. \n\nThe US also conducted airstrikes Friday that it said destroyed two Houthi truck-mounted anti-ship missiles in Yemen. The rebels did not directly acknowledge any destruction from those strikes. \n\nThe Houthis have held northern Yemen and the country's capital of Sanaa since 2014. They\u2019ve battled a Saudi-led coalition since 2015 in a long-stalemated civil war in the Arab world's most impoverished country. \n\nSince the US began its airstrike campaign in January, the Houthis have acknowledged the killing of at least 22 of its fighters. 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Oil can disrupt and inflict costly damage on saltwater conversion systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sea is also a vital source of seafood, especially in Yemen, where fishing was the second largest export after oil before the current civil war between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen\u2019s Sunni government.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Houthi attacks continue<\/strong><\/h2><p>An Italian Navy destroyer on Saturday evening shot down a Houthi drone, meanwhile.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The UAV, heading towards Italy's ship, reportedly had similar characteristics to those used in previous attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Deployed in February, the Italian navy vessel is the flagship of the European operation Aspides under the leadership of Rear Admiral Stefano Costantino.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first direct attack on Italy by Houthis, who until now had only carried out raids on US and British vessels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1764002072750383482\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The Houthi terrorist attacks are a serious violation of international law and an attack on the security of maritime traffic on which our economy depends,\" said Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He called for a pan-European approach to defence, especially in the increasingly lively Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\"Let's make it clear: Italy, like most nations, cannot manage to defend itself alone,\" the minister said in an interview with the Italian news outlet\u00a0Corriere della Sera.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We need to coordinate with allies, starting with Europe: we need to organise common forces, common training... 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It fought a Saudi-led coalition since 2015 in a stalemated war. \n\n\nSince November, the rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea and surrounding waters over the Israel Hamas war.\u00a0 \n\nDespite over a month of US-led airstrikes, Houthi rebels remain capable of launching significant attacks. That includes the attack on the Rubymar and the downing of a US drone worth tens of millions of dollars.\u00a0 \n\nThe Houthis insist their attacks will continue until Israel stops its combat operations in the Gaza Strip, which have enraged the wider Arab world and seen the Houthis gain international recognition. \n\nHowever, there has been a slowdown in attacks in recent days. 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group.","keySentence":"","url":"us-and-uk-strike-houthi-targets-in-yemen-after-shipping-hit-in-red-sea","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/02\/25\/us-and-uk-strike-houthi-targets-in-yemen-after-shipping-hit-in-red-sea","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"According to US officials, American and British fighter jets hit sites in eight locations, targeting missiles, launchers, rockets, drones and air defence systems. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to provide early details of an ongoing military operation. \n\nThis is the fourth time that the US and British militaries have conducted a combined operation against the Houthis since Jan. 12. But the US has also been carrying out almost daily strikes to take out Houthi targets, including incoming missiles and drones aimed at ships, as well as weapons that were prepared to launch. \n\nThe US F\/A-18 fighter jets launched from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, which is currently in the Red Sea, officials said. \n\n\u201cThe United States will not hesitate to take action, as needed, to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the world\u2019s most critical waterways,\u201d said US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. \u201cWe will continue to make clear to the Houthis that they will bear the consequences if they do not stop their illegal attacks.\u201d \n\nThe Houthis denounced the \u201cUS-British aggression\u201d and vowed to keep up its military operation in response. \u201cThe Yemeni Armed Forces affirm that they will confront the US-British escalation with more qualitative military operations against all hostile targets in the Red and Arabian Seas in defence of our country, our people and our nation,\u201d it said in a statement. \n\nThe US, UK, and other allies said in a statement the \u201cnecessary and proportionate strikes specifically targeted 18 Houthi targets across 8 locations in Yemen\u201d that also included underground storage facilities, radar and a helicopter. \n\nUK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said RAF Typhoon jets engaged in \u201cprecision strikes\u201d aimed at degrading Houthi drones and launchers. Shapps said it came after \u201csevere Houthi attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, including against the British-owned MV Islander and the MV Rubymar, which forced the crew to abandon ship.\u201d It\u2019s the fourth time Britain has joined in the US-led strikes. \n\nThe strikes have support from the wider coalition, which includes Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand. \n\nPresident Joe Biden and other senior leaders have repeatedly warned that the US won\u2019t tolerate the Houthi attacks against commercial shipping. But the counterattacks haven\u2019t appeared to diminish the Houthis\u2019 campaign against shipping in the region, which the militants say is over Israel\u2019s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. \n\n\u201cOur aim remains to de-escalate tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea, but we will once again reiterate our warning to Houthi leadership: we will not hesitate to continue to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in the face of continued threats,\u201d said the Saturday statement. \n\nThe Houthis have launched at least 57 attacks on commercial and military ships in the the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since Nov. 19, and the pace has picked up in recent days. \n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve certainly seen in the past 48, 72 hours an increase in attacks from the Houthis,\u201d Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said in a briefing Thursday. And she acknowledged that the Houthis have not been deterred. \n\n\u201cWe never said we\u2019ve wiped off the map all of their capabilities,\u201d she told reporters. \u201cWe know that the Houthis maintain a large arsenal. They are very capable. They have sophisticated weapons, and that\u2019s because they continue to get them from Iran.\u201d \n\nThere have been at least 32 US strikes in Yemen over the past month and a half; a few were conducted with allied involvement. In addition, US warships have taken out dozens of incoming missiles, rockets and drones targeting commercial and other Navy vessels. \n\nEarlier Saturday, the destroyer USS Mason downed an anti-ship ballistic missile launched from Houthi-held areas in Yemen toward the Gulf of Aden, US Central Command said, adding that the missile was likely targeting MV Torm Thor, a US-Flagged, owned, and operated chemical and oil tanker. \n\nThe US attacks on the Houthis have targeted more than 120 launchers, more than 10 surface-to-air-missiles, 40 storage and support building, 15 drone storage building, more than 20 unmanned air, surface and underwater vehicles, several underground storage areas and a few other facilities. \n\nThe rebels\u2019 supreme leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, announced this past week an \u201cescalation in sea operations\u201d conducted by his forces as part of what they describe as a pressure campaign to end Israel\u2019s war on Hamas. \n\nBut while the group says the attacks are aimed at stopping that war, the Houthis' targets have grown more random, endangering a vital waterway for cargo and energy shipments traveling from Asia and the Middle East onward to Europe. \n\nDuring normal operations, about 400 commercial vessels transit the southern Red Sea at any given time. While the Houthi attacks have only actually struck a small number of vessels, the persistent targeting and near misses that have been shot down by the US and allies have prompted shipping companies to reroute their vessels from the Red Sea. \n\nInstead, they have sent them around Africa through the Cape of Good Hope \u2014 a much longer, costlier and less efficient passage. The threats also have led the US and its allies to set up a joint mission where warships from participating nations provide a protective umbrella of air defence for ships as they travel between the Suez Canal and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>According to US officials, American and British fighter jets hit sites in eight locations, targeting missiles, launchers, rockets, drones and air defence systems. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to provide early details of an ongoing military operation.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth time that the US and British militaries have conducted a combined operation against the Houthis since Jan. 12. But the US has also been carrying out almost daily strikes to take out Houthi targets, including incoming missiles and drones aimed at ships, as well as weapons that were prepared to launch.<\/p>\n<p>The US F\/A-18 fighter jets launched from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, which is currently in the Red Sea, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States will not hesitate to take action, as needed, to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the world\u2019s most critical waterways,\u201d said US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. \u201cWe will continue to make clear to the Houthis that they will bear the consequences if they do not stop their illegal attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis denounced the \u201cUS-British aggression\u201d and vowed to keep up its military operation in response. \u201cThe Yemeni Armed Forces affirm that they will confront the US-British escalation with more qualitative military operations against all hostile targets in the Red and Arabian Seas in defence of our country, our people and our nation,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The US, UK, and other allies said in a statement the \u201cnecessary and proportionate strikes specifically targeted 18 Houthi targets across 8 locations in Yemen\u201d that also included underground storage facilities, radar and a helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said RAF Typhoon jets engaged in \u201cprecision strikes\u201d aimed at degrading Houthi drones and launchers. Shapps said it came after \u201csevere Houthi attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, including against the British-owned MV Islander and the MV Rubymar, which forced the crew to abandon ship.\u201d It\u2019s the fourth time Britain has joined in the US-led strikes.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes have support from the wider coalition, which includes Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden and other senior leaders have repeatedly warned that the US won\u2019t tolerate the Houthi attacks against commercial shipping. But the counterattacks haven\u2019t appeared to diminish the Houthis\u2019 campaign against shipping in the region, which the militants say is over Israel\u2019s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aim remains to de-escalate tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea, but we will once again reiterate our warning to Houthi leadership: we will not hesitate to continue to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in the face of continued threats,\u201d said the Saturday statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis have launched at least 57 attacks on commercial and military ships in the the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since Nov. 19, and the pace has picked up in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve certainly seen in the past 48, 72 hours an increase in attacks from the Houthis,\u201d Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said in a briefing Thursday. And she acknowledged that the Houthis have not been deterred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never said we\u2019ve wiped off the map all of their capabilities,\u201d she told reporters. \u201cWe know that the Houthis maintain a large arsenal. They are very capable. They have sophisticated weapons, and that\u2019s because they continue to get them from Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been at least 32 US strikes in Yemen over the past month and a half; a few were conducted with allied involvement. In addition, US warships have taken out dozens of incoming missiles, rockets and drones targeting commercial and other Navy vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Saturday, the destroyer USS Mason downed an anti-ship ballistic missile launched from Houthi-held areas in Yemen toward the Gulf of Aden, US Central Command said, adding that the missile was likely targeting MV Torm Thor, a US-Flagged, owned, and operated chemical and oil tanker.<\/p>\n<p>The US attacks on the Houthis have targeted more than 120 launchers, more than 10 surface-to-air-missiles, 40 storage and support building, 15 drone storage building, more than 20 unmanned air, surface and underwater vehicles, several underground storage areas and a few other facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The rebels\u2019 supreme leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, announced this past week an \u201cescalation in sea operations\u201d conducted by his forces as part of what they describe as a pressure campaign to end Israel\u2019s war on Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>But while the group says the attacks are aimed at stopping that war, the Houthis' targets have grown more random, endangering a vital waterway for cargo and energy shipments traveling from Asia and the Middle East onward to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>During normal operations, about 400 commercial vessels transit the southern Red Sea at any given time. While the Houthi attacks have only actually struck a small number of vessels, the persistent targeting and near misses that have been shot down by the US and allies have prompted shipping companies to reroute their vessels from the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they have sent them around Africa through the Cape of Good Hope \u2014 a much longer, costlier and less efficient passage. The threats also have led the US and its allies to set up a joint mission where warships from participating nations provide a protective umbrella of air defence for ships as they travel between the Suez Canal and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1708860972,"updatedAt":1708876587,"publishedAt":1708875629,"firstPublishedAt":1708875512,"lastPublishedAt":1708875656,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Osamah Abdulrahman\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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attacks.","keySentence":"","url":"us-warns-of-more-attacks-on-iran-backed-militants","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/02\/05\/us-warns-of-more-attacks-on-iran-backed-militants","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After a weekend of retaliatory strikes, the United States on Sunday warned Iran and the militias it arms and funds that it will conduct more attacks if American forces in the Mideast continue to be targeted, but that it does not want an \"open-ended military campaign\" across the region. \n\n\"We are prepared to deal with anything that any group or any country tries to come at us with,\" said Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden's national security adviser.\u00a0 \n\nSullivan said Iran should expect \"a swift and forceful response\" if it \u2014 and not one of its proxies \u2014 \"chose to respond directly\" against the US. \n\nSullivan delivered the warnings during a series of interviews with TV news shows after the US and Britain on Saturday struck 36 Houthi targets in 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The Iran-backed militants have fired on American and international interests repeatedly in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. \n\nAn air assault on Friday in Iraq and Syria targeted other Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in retaliation for the drone strike that killed three US troops in Jordan last weekend. The US fired again at Houthi targets on Sunday. \n\n\"We cannot rule out that there will be future attacks from Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria or from the Houthis,\" Sullivan said.\u00a0 \n\nHe said the president has told his commanders that \"they need to be positioned to respond to further attacks as well.\" \n\nThe US has blamed the attack at the Tower 22 base in Jordan on 28 January on the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition of Iranian-backed militias. Iran has tried to distance itself from the drone strike, saying the militias act independently of its direction. \n\nBiden \"is not looking for a wider war,\" Sullivan said, when questioned about the potential for strikes inside Iran that would expand the conflict in the volatile region.\u00a0 \n\nBut when asked about the possibility of direct escalation by the Iranians, he said: \"If they chose to respond directly to the United States, they would be met with a swift and forceful response from us.\" \n\nWhile pledging to respond in a \"sustained way\" to new assaults on Americans, Sullivan said he \"would not describe it as some open-ended military campaign.\" \n\nStill, he said, \"We intend to take additional strikes and additional action to continue to send a clear message that the United States will respond when our forces are attacked or our people are killed.\" \n\nThere will be more steps taken, he said. \"Some of those steps will be seen. Some may not be seen.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>After a weekend of retaliatory strikes, the United States on Sunday warned Iran and the militias it arms and funds that it will conduct more attacks if American forces in the Mideast continue to be targeted, but that it does not want an \"open-ended military campaign\" across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are prepared to deal with anything that any group or any country tries to come at us with,\" said Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden's national security adviser.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan said Iran should expect \"a swift and forceful response\" if it \u2014 and not one of its proxies \u2014 \"chose to respond directly\" against the US.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan delivered the warnings during a series of interviews with TV news shows after the US and Britain on Saturday struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen. The Iran-backed militants have fired on American and international interests repeatedly in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8215926\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//02//04//us-and-britain-strike-houthi-targets-in-yemen-retaliating-for-attacks-by-iran-backed-milit/">US and Britain strike Houthi targets in Yemen, retaliating for attacks by Iran-backed militia<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>An air assault on Friday in Iraq and Syria targeted other Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in retaliation for the drone strike that killed three US troops in Jordan last weekend. The US fired again at Houthi targets on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\"We cannot rule out that there will be future attacks from Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria or from the Houthis,\" Sullivan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said the president has told his commanders that \"they need to be positioned to respond to further attacks as well.\"<\/p>\n<p>The US has blamed the attack at the Tower 22 base in Jordan on 28 January on the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition of Iranian-backed militias. 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All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Biden \"is not looking for a wider war,\" Sullivan said, when questioned about the potential for strikes inside Iran that would expand the conflict in the volatile region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But when asked about the possibility of direct escalation by the Iranians, he said: \"If they chose to respond directly to the United States, they would be met with a swift and forceful response from us.\"<\/p>\n<p>While pledging to respond in a \"sustained way\" to new assaults on Americans, Sullivan said he \"would not describe it as some open-ended military campaign.\"<\/p>\n<p>Still, he said, \"We intend to take additional strikes and additional action to continue to send a clear message that the United States will respond when our forces are attacked or our people are killed.\"<\/p>\n<p>There will be more steps taken, he said. \"Some of those steps will be seen. 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But Washington once more did not directly target Iran as it tries to find a balance between a forceful response and intensifying the conflict. \n\nUS Central Command said its forces conducted an additional strike on Sunday \u201cin self-defense against a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea,\u201d according to a post on X, formerly Twitter. \n\n\u201cUS forces identified the cruise missile in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined it presented an imminent threat to US Navy ships and merchant vessels in the region. This action will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for US Navy vessels and merchant vessels,\u201d the post added. \n\nThe strikes on Saturday against the Houthis were launched by US warships and American and British fighter jets. 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The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said that more than 26,000 people have been killed and more than 64,400 wounded in the Israeli military operation since the war began. \n\n\nThe Houthis have been conducting almost daily missile or drone attacks against commercial and military ships transiting the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and they have made clear that they have no intention of scaling back their campaign despite pressure from the American and British campaign. \n\nMohammed al-Bukhaiti, a Houthi official, said \u201cmilitary operations against Israel will continue until the crimes of genocide in Gaza are stopped and the siege on its residents is lifted, no matter the sacrifices it costs us.\u201d He wrote online that the \u201cAmerican-British aggression against Yemen will not go unanswered, and we will meet escalation with escalation.\u201d \n\nThe Biden administration has indicated that this is likely not the last of its strikes. 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But Washington once more did not directly target Iran as it tries to find a balance between a forceful response and intensifying the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>US Central Command said its forces conducted an additional strike on Sunday \u201cin self-defense against a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea,\u201d according to a post on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUS forces identified the cruise missile in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined it presented an imminent threat to US Navy ships and merchant vessels in the region. This action will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for US Navy vessels and merchant vessels,\u201d the post added.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes on Saturday against the Houthis were launched by US warships and American and British fighter jets. 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The tanker carried Russian-produced naphtha, a flammable oil, drawing Moscow further into a conflict that so far it had blamed on the US. \n\n\nEarly on Saturday, US forces conducted a strike against a Houthi anti-ship missile that was aimed at the Red Sea and prepared to launch, the US military\u2019s Central Command said. That attack came after the USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, had to shoot down a Houthi missile targeting it. \n\nThe Marlin Luanda burned for hours in the Gulf of Aden until being extinguished Saturday, said Trafigura, a Singapore-based trading firm. Its crew of 25 Indian nationals and two Sri Lankans were still trying to battle the blaze sparked by the missile strike, it said. No one was injured by the blast, it added. \n\nThe Indian navy said its guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam was assisting the Marlin Luanda's crew in fighting the fire. It posted images showing the blaze still raging on Saturday - likely fueled by the naphtha on board. \n\nThe ship, managed by a British firm, is carrying the Russian naphtha bound for Singapore, the company said. It described the flammable oil as being purchased below the price caps set by G7 sanctions placed on Russia over its ongoing war on Ukraine. It wasn't clear what environmental impact the attack had caused. \n\nHouthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree claimed the attack on the Marlin Luanda in a pre-recorded statement late on Friday, describing it as a \u201cBritish oil ship.\u201d He insisted such attacks would continue. \n\nSince November, the rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea over Israel\u2019s offensive in Gaza against Hamas. But they have frequently targeted vessels with tenuous or no clear links to Israel, imperilling shipping in a key route for global trade between Asia, the Mideast and Europe. \n\nSince the airstrike campaign began, the rebels now say they\u2019ll target American and British ships as well. \n\nChina, which relies on the seaborne trade through the area, has called for calm. The US had sought to get China to apply pressure on Iran, as Beijing remains a major buyer of Western-sanctioned Iranian oil. \n\nRussia has condemned the US and the United Kingdom for carrying out strikes targeting Houthis, while also meeting with the rebel group in Moscow in recent days. \n\nMeanwhile on Saturday, authorities reported a separate incident in which a vessel in the Arabian Sea reported seeing people armed with assault rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade neart their ship. Everyone onboard was reported as safe. \n\nThe private security firm Ambrey described the incident as involving a \u201cSomali-style\u201d small boat aided by a larger mothership. As the Houthi attacks have escalated, there's been an increase in suspected Somali pirate activity as well. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The crew aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker extinguished a fire that had burned for several hours, after the vessel was hit with a missile launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was put out Saturday, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The attack on the Marlin Luanda further complicated the Red Sea crisis caused by the Iranian-backed rebels' attacks over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The tanker carried Russian-produced naphtha, a flammable oil, drawing Moscow further into a conflict that so far it had blamed on the US. <\/p>\n<p>Early on Saturday, US forces conducted a strike against a Houthi anti-ship missile that was aimed at the Red Sea and prepared to launch, the US military\u2019s Central Command said. That attack came after the USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, had to shoot down a Houthi missile targeting it.<\/p>\n<p>The Marlin Luanda burned for hours in the Gulf of Aden until being extinguished Saturday, said Trafigura, a Singapore-based trading firm. Its crew of 25 Indian nationals and two Sri Lankans were still trying to battle the blaze sparked by the missile strike, it said. No one was injured by the blast, it added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//20//03//46//808x539_cmsv2_4921ad03-a795-56a5-ae1f-bce6156d3f6f-8200346.jpg/" alt=\"A view of the oil tanker Marlin Luanda on fire after an attack, in the Gulf of Aden\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/20\/03\/46\/384x256_cmsv2_4921ad03-a795-56a5-ae1f-bce6156d3f6f-8200346.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/20\/03\/46\/640x427_cmsv2_4921ad03-a795-56a5-ae1f-bce6156d3f6f-8200346.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/20\/03\/46\/750x500_cmsv2_4921ad03-a795-56a5-ae1f-bce6156d3f6f-8200346.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/20\/03\/46\/828x552_cmsv2_4921ad03-a795-56a5-ae1f-bce6156d3f6f-8200346.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/20\/03\/46\/1080x720_cmsv2_4921ad03-a795-56a5-ae1f-bce6156d3f6f-8200346.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/20\/03\/46\/1200x800_cmsv2_4921ad03-a795-56a5-ae1f-bce6156d3f6f-8200346.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/20\/03\/46\/1920x1281_cmsv2_4921ad03-a795-56a5-ae1f-bce6156d3f6f-8200346.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A view of the oil tanker Marlin Luanda on fire after an attack, in the Gulf of Aden<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Indian Navy via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Indian navy said its guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam was assisting the Marlin Luanda's crew in fighting the fire. It posted images showing the blaze still raging on Saturday - likely fueled by the naphtha on board.<\/p>\n<p>The ship, managed by a British firm, is carrying the Russian naphtha bound for Singapore, the company said. It described the flammable oil as being purchased below the price caps set by G7 sanctions placed on Russia over its ongoing war on Ukraine. It wasn't clear what environmental impact the attack had caused.<\/p>\n<p>Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree claimed the attack on the Marlin Luanda in a pre-recorded statement late on Friday, describing it as a \u201cBritish oil ship.\u201d He insisted such attacks would continue.<\/p>\n<p>Since November, the rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea over Israel\u2019s offensive in Gaza against Hamas. But they have frequently targeted vessels with tenuous or no clear links to Israel, imperilling shipping in a key route for global trade between Asia, the Mideast and Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1749907456308736481\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since the airstrike campaign began, the rebels now say they\u2019ll target American and British ships as well.<\/p>\n<p>China, which relies on the seaborne trade through the area, has called for calm. The US had sought to get China to apply pressure on Iran, as Beijing remains a major buyer of Western-sanctioned Iranian oil.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has condemned the US and the United Kingdom for carrying out strikes targeting Houthis, while also meeting with the rebel group in Moscow in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile on Saturday, authorities reported a separate incident in which a vessel in the Arabian Sea reported seeing people armed with assault rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade neart their ship. Everyone onboard was reported as safe.<\/p>\n<p>The private security firm Ambrey described the incident as involving a \u201cSomali-style\u201d small boat aided by a larger mothership. As the Houthi attacks have escalated, there's been an increase in suspected Somali pirate activity as well.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1706362285,"updatedAt":1706372645,"publishedAt":1706372204,"firstPublishedAt":1706372207,"lastPublishedAt":1706372207,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Indian Navy via AP","altText":"A view of the oil tanker Marlin Luanda on fire after an attack, in the Gulf of Aden","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"A view of the oil tanker Marlin Luanda on fire after an attack, in the Gulf of Aden","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/20\/03\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_448ca16b-b333-5201-8ae0-0c82ce417b95-8200346.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Indian Navy via AP","altText":"A view of the oil tanker Marlin Luanda on fire after an attack, in the Gulf of 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ATTACK OIL TANKER","path":"\/2024\/01\/27\/crew-extinguish-fire-on-tanker-hit-by-houthi-missile-off-yemen","lastModified":1706372207},{"id":2463812,"cid":8196174,"versionId":3,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240125_NWWB_54627384","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"The Houthis are the epitome of 21st-century non-state actors","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"The Houthis are the epitome of 21st-century non-state actors","titleListing2":"VIEW | The Houthi resistance against a coalition of regional and even far-off powers has only fueled their reputation, transforming them from a marginalised local group to an influential regional actor, Hafed Al-Ghwell writes.","leadin":"The Houthi resistance against a coalition of regional and even far-off powers has only fueled their reputation, transforming them from a marginalised local group to an influential regional actor, Hafed Al-Ghwell writes.","summary":"The Houthi resistance against a coalition of regional and even far-off powers has only fueled their reputation, transforming them from a marginalised local group to an influential regional actor, Hafed Al-Ghwell writes.","keySentence":"","url":"the-houthis-are-the-epitome-of-21st-century-non-state-actors","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/01\/25\/the-houthis-are-the-epitome-of-21st-century-non-state-actors","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In recent years, the Houthi movement has emerged as yet another prominent non-state actor in the Middle East & North Africa, particularly within Yemen.\u00a0 \n\nTheir actions have far-reaching implications, not only for the regional power balance but also for global trade and security. But for many, the question remains: who are they, and what is their end goal? \n\nThe group, formally known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaidi Shia-led religious-political movement that emerged in northern Yemen in the 1990s.\u00a0 \n\nThey initially emerged as a theological movement protesting what they perceived as efforts to marginalise the Zaidi sect and the proliferation of foreign influence in Yemen.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, over the past two decades, they evolved into a significant military force and a major actor in the Yemeni civil war, which has pitted various domestic and regional forces against each other since 2004. \n\nWhat do the Houthis want? \n\nThe primary political objective of the Houthis has remained consistent over time: to gain international recognition of a Houthi-dominated government in Yemen.\u00a0 \n\nRecently, however, their goals now include influencing affairs beyond Yemen\u2019s borders. The Houthis have turned the Red Sea into a theatre for the group's assertiveness. \n\nThe strategic importance of a key shipping lane that has two of the world's 14 chokepoints cannot be overstated.\u00a0 \n\nMore than 10% of global maritime trade, including about 5 million barrels of oil, transits this corridor every day.\u00a0 \n\nBy attacking this artery of global trade, Houthi attacks not only disrupt vital supply chains, they also test the resolve of the international community.\u00a0 \n\nEach attack grants them global notoriety, all while increasing the relative costs of the West's collective reluctance to pressure Israel to abandon its war on Hamas. \n\nHow does the rise of the Houthis impact the global conflict landscape? \n\nThe rise of the Houthis is indicative of a broader trend of non-state actors gaining prominence in worldwide hotspots by challenging traditional state-centric models of global politics.\u00a0 \n\nTheir \"successes\" serve as a playbook, not just for other non-state groups but even for how state actors can manage proxy elements in extraterritorial contexts.\u00a0 \n\nNon-state actors can assume many, often overlapping forms to pursue goals that are ideological, political, mercenary or territorial in nature \u2014 and, when unchecked, partial or total state capture as seen in Libya. \n\nIn recent years, the proliferation of these non-state armed groups has accelerated the deterioration of state legitimacy and institutional capacities across a convulsing global conflict landscape. Containing or counteracting such groups is challenging, especially in contexts where they \"dig in\".\u00a0 \n\nTo date, nearly 200 million people around the world live in areas controlled to varying degrees by armed non-state actors, most of which are in Africa and parts of the Middle East. \n\nThe non-state actor domino effect \n\nAs non-state actors, the Houthis exert a level of influence that is difficult to ignore, having become a significant destabilising force near a major global trade artery, and an unstable Horn of Africa.\u00a0 \n\nAs part of Iran's Axis of Resistance, the group is now capable of conducting more sophisticated and unusually aggressive tactics, elevating concerns about further regional instability. \n\nThe Houthi resistance against a coalition of regional and even far-off powers has only fueled their reputation, transforming them from a marginalised local group to an influential regional actor.\u00a0 \n\nTo similar groups, it demonstrates that it is possible to resist and survive an onslaught from a coalition of more powerful states.\u00a0 \n\nThe effective use of asymmetric warfare tactics also provides a roadmap for other non-state actors to achieve their ambitions in some of the world's ungoverned spaces.\u00a0 \n\nThis dynamic matters not only because it changes power structures and conflict dynamics within the region, but because it carries significant implications for global security as well. \n\nWhat is the road ahead? \n\nHouthi escalations in the Red Sea are the new reality of the 21st-century conflict \u2014 a world where unaccountable, unassailable non-state actors wield lethal influence in pursuit of narrow goals at the expense of all else.\u00a0 \n\nAbsent a holistic resolution of the region\u2019s intractable conflicts, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea will likely result in profound shocks that will disproportionately impact developing countries. \n\nThe world needs to be careful in how it understands as well as interacts with the proliferation of non-state actors in the Middle East and North Africa by adopting strategies that go beyond kinetic military action.\u00a0 \n\nThese could include credible negotiations, addressing the conflicts in the region\u00a0\u2014 especially the Palestinian issue\u00a0\u2014 generous support for impoverished countries ahead of key socio-economic reforms, and other complementary efforts targeting the root causes for the emergence of groups like the Houthis.\u00a0 \n\nHafed Al-Ghwell is a Senior Fellow and executive director of the North Africa Initiative at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, John Hopkins University. \n\nAt Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In recent years, the Houthi movement has emerged as yet another prominent non-state actor in the Middle East & North Africa, particularly within Yemen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their actions have far-reaching implications, not only for the regional power balance but also for global trade and security. But for many, the question remains: who are they, and what is their end goal?<\/p>\n<p>The group, formally known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaidi Shia-led religious-political movement that emerged in northern Yemen in the 1990s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They initially emerged as a theological movement protesting what they perceived as efforts to marginalise the Zaidi sect and the proliferation of foreign influence in Yemen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, over the past two decades, they evolved into a significant military force and a major actor in the Yemeni civil war, which has pitted various domestic and regional forces against each other since 2004.<\/p>\n<h2>What do the Houthis want?<\/h2><p>The primary political objective of the Houthis has remained consistent over time: to gain international recognition of a Houthi-dominated government in Yemen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recently, however, their goals now include influencing affairs beyond Yemen\u2019s borders. The Houthis have turned the Red Sea into a theatre for the group's assertiveness.<\/p>\n<p>The strategic importance of a key shipping lane that has two of the world's 14 chokepoints cannot be overstated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">By attacking this artery of global trade, Houthi attacks not only disrupt vital supply chains, they also test the resolve of the international community.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7041015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//19//61//74//808x569_cmsv2_526677ac-c375-5f1b-a55d-db9d86a1e033-8196174.jpg/" alt=\"Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, former President of the Revolutionary Committee, arrives at a protest against the United States-led airstrikes in Sanaa, January 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/384x270_cmsv2_526677ac-c375-5f1b-a55d-db9d86a1e033-8196174.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/640x451_cmsv2_526677ac-c375-5f1b-a55d-db9d86a1e033-8196174.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/750x528_cmsv2_526677ac-c375-5f1b-a55d-db9d86a1e033-8196174.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/828x583_cmsv2_526677ac-c375-5f1b-a55d-db9d86a1e033-8196174.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/1080x760_cmsv2_526677ac-c375-5f1b-a55d-db9d86a1e033-8196174.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/1200x845_cmsv2_526677ac-c375-5f1b-a55d-db9d86a1e033-8196174.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/1920x1352_cmsv2_526677ac-c375-5f1b-a55d-db9d86a1e033-8196174.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, former President of the Revolutionary Committee, arrives at a protest against the United States-led airstrikes in Sanaa, January 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>More than 10% of global maritime trade, including about 5 million barrels of oil, transits this corridor every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By attacking this artery of global trade, Houthi attacks not only disrupt vital supply chains, they also test the resolve of the international community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8189044,8180352\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//01//18//us-military-launches-another-barrage-of-missiles-against-houthi-sites-in-yemen/">US military launches another barrage of missiles against Houthi sites in Yemen<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//01//23//uk-and-us-strike-houthi-targets-in-yemen/">UK and US strike Houthi targets in Yemen <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Each attack grants them global notoriety, all while increasing the relative costs of the West's collective reluctance to pressure Israel to abandon its war on Hamas.<\/p>\n<h2>How does the rise of the Houthis impact the global conflict landscape?<\/h2><p>The rise of the Houthis is indicative of a broader trend of non-state actors gaining prominence in worldwide hotspots by challenging traditional state-centric models of global politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their \"successes\" serve as a playbook, not just for other non-state groups but even for how state actors can manage proxy elements in extraterritorial contexts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">To date, nearly 200 million people around the world live in areas controlled to varying degrees by armed non-state actors, most of which are in Africa and parts of the Middle East.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//19//61//74//808x539_cmsv2_03e49dac-c97f-5f00-a4d9-4dc849a5a5a1-8196174.jpg/" alt=\"Houthi supporters chant slogans holding signs reading "Death to America, Death to Israel", as they attend a rally in Sanaa, March 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_03e49dac-c97f-5f00-a4d9-4dc849a5a5a1-8196174.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_03e49dac-c97f-5f00-a4d9-4dc849a5a5a1-8196174.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_03e49dac-c97f-5f00-a4d9-4dc849a5a5a1-8196174.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_03e49dac-c97f-5f00-a4d9-4dc849a5a5a1-8196174.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_03e49dac-c97f-5f00-a4d9-4dc849a5a5a1-8196174.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_03e49dac-c97f-5f00-a4d9-4dc849a5a5a1-8196174.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/19\/61\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_03e49dac-c97f-5f00-a4d9-4dc849a5a5a1-8196174.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Houthi supporters chant slogans holding signs reading "Death to America, Death to Israel", as they attend a rally in Sanaa, March 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Hani Mohammed<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Non-state actors can assume many, often overlapping forms to pursue goals that are ideological, political, mercenary or territorial in nature \u2014 and, when unchecked, partial or total state capture as seen in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the proliferation of these non-state armed groups has accelerated the deterioration of state legitimacy and institutional capacities across a convulsing global conflict landscape. Containing or counteracting such groups is challenging, especially in contexts where they \"dig in\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8174594,8170942\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//01//23//who-are-yemens-houthi-rebels-who-are-attacking-red-sea-ships/">Who are Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels who are attacking Red Sea ships?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//01//15//houthi-rebels-fire-cruise-missile-at-american-destroyer-in-red-sea/">Houthi rebels fire cruise missile at American destroyer in Red Sea<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To date, nearly 200 million people around the world live in areas controlled to varying degrees by armed non-state actors, most of which are in Africa and parts of the Middle East.<\/p>\n<h2>The non-state actor domino effect<\/h2><p>As non-state actors, the Houthis exert a level of influence that is difficult to ignore, having become a significant destabilising force near a major global trade artery, and an unstable Horn of Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As part of Iran's Axis of Resistance, the group is now capable of conducting more sophisticated and unusually aggressive tactics, elevating concerns about further regional instability.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The Houthi resistance against a coalition of regional and even far-off powers has only fueled their reputation, transforming them from a marginalised local group to an influential regional actor.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6298828125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//16//95//80//808x508_cmsv2_bbc84edd-58b6-5ee2-8689-0a0d79a45b2b-8169580.jpg/" alt=\"Shiite fighters, known as Houthis, hold up their weapons in Sanaa, April 2015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/16\/95\/80\/384x242_cmsv2_bbc84edd-58b6-5ee2-8689-0a0d79a45b2b-8169580.jpg 384w, 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<span class=\"widget__captionText\">Shiite fighters, known as Houthis, hold up their weapons in Sanaa, April 2015<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Hani Mohammed<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Houthi resistance against a coalition of regional and even far-off powers has only fueled their reputation, transforming them from a marginalised local group to an influential regional actor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To similar groups, it demonstrates that it is possible to resist and survive an onslaught from a coalition of more powerful states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The effective use of asymmetric warfare tactics also provides a roadmap for other non-state actors to achieve their ambitions in some of the world's ungoverned spaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8146144,8114602\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//12//16//shipping-companies-abandon-red-sea-routes-over-houthi-attacks/">Shipping companies abandon Red Sea routes over Houthi attacks<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//01//02//red-sea-why-have-some-eu-nations-distanced-themselves-from-the-us-operation-against-the-ho/">Red Sea: Why have some EU nations distanced themselves from the US operation against the Houthis?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This dynamic matters not only because it changes power structures and conflict dynamics within the region, but because it carries significant implications for global security as well.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the road ahead?<\/h2><p>Houthi escalations in the Red Sea are the new reality of the 21st-century conflict \u2014 a world where unaccountable, unassailable non-state actors wield lethal influence in pursuit of narrow goals at the expense of all else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Absent a holistic resolution of the region\u2019s intractable conflicts, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea will likely result in profound shocks that will disproportionately impact developing countries.<\/p>\n<p>The world needs to be careful in how it understands as well as interacts with the proliferation of non-state actors in the Middle East and North Africa by adopting strategies that go beyond kinetic military action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These could include credible negotiations, addressing the conflicts in the region\u00a0\u2014 especially the Palestinian issue\u00a0\u2014 generous support for impoverished countries ahead of key socio-economic reforms, and other complementary efforts targeting the root causes for the emergence of groups like the Houthis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Hafed Al-Ghwell is a Senior Fellow and executive director of the North Africa Initiative at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, John Hopkins University.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/asia/\"mailto:view@euronews.com\">view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1706196222,"updatedAt":1706262137,"publishedAt":1706198043,"firstPublishedAt":1706198046,"lastPublishedAt":1706262137,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Euronews","altText":"Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the US and the UK strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, January 2024","callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"caption":"Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the US and the UK strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, January 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HOUTHIS EXPLAINER","path":"\/2024\/01\/25\/the-houthis-are-the-epitome-of-21st-century-non-state-actors","lastModified":1706262137},{"id":2456908,"cid":8174594,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240116_NWSU_54533227","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Who are Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels who are attacking Red Sea ships?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Who are Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels?","titleListing2":"Who are Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels who are attacking Red Sea ships?","leadin":"The group, a Zaidi Shiite movement that\u2019s been fighting Yemen\u2019s Sunni-majority government since the early 2000s, recently launched a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea which have disrupted global trade.","summary":"The group, a Zaidi Shiite movement that\u2019s been fighting Yemen\u2019s Sunni-majority government since the early 2000s, recently launched a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea which have disrupted global trade.","keySentence":"","url":"who-are-yemens-houthi-rebels-who-are-attacking-red-sea-ships","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/01\/23\/who-are-yemens-houthi-rebels-who-are-attacking-red-sea-ships","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After weeks of attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea, Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels are now at the centre of rising tensions in the Middle East which threatens to extend the Israel-Hamas war to a regional conflict. \n\nBut who are the Houthis? \n\nThe Houthis are an armed political and religious group which identifies with Yemen\u2019s Shia Muslim minority, the Zaidis. Along with Hamas and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, the group has positioned itself against Israel, the US and the West. \n\nThe group was founded in the 1990s by Hussein al-Houthi, but the first time most of the world heard about the group\u2019s existence was in the early 2000s, when it fought against Yemen\u2019s long-time authoritarian president Ali Abdullah Saleh. \n\nIn 2011, during the Arab Spring, Saleh handed over power to his deputy Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. It was during Hadi\u2019s troubled government that, in 2014, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels swept down from their northern stronghold in Yemen and seized the capital Sanaa. \n\nIn 2015, the group forced Hadi to flee abroad after seizing part of the country. This move triggered a reaction from Saudi Arabia, which feared the installment of a Houthi government that they thought would become essentially a satellite of Iran. \n\nIn the same year, a Saudi-led coalition intervened to try to restore Yemen\u2019s exiled, internationally-recognised government to power, but the conflict eventually ended in a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. \n\nThe war in Yemen lasted years and ravaged the country, the world\u2019s poorest Arab nation, killing 150,000 people including civilians and fighters and creating a humanitarian disaster. The war ended in a ceasefire more than a year ago, but permanent peace has not yet been achieved. \n\nThe current leader of the Houthis is the brother of the group\u2019s founder, Abdul Malik al-Houthi. \n\nWhat is happening now? \n\nWhile the Houthis have sporadically attacked vessels in the Red Sea, the group has ramped up its assaults on commercial ships since an Israeli strike hit a hospital in Gaza on 17 October, killing and injuring many civilians. \n\nThe Houthis claim they won\u2019t stop disrupting trade in the Red Sea until there is a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, saying they\u2019re targeting vessels that are Israeli-flagged, owned or operated. But only a few of the ships attacked have direct links to Israel. \n\nIran has denied involvement in the attacks. \n\nLast week, US and British warships and aircraft fired missiles at Houthi targets in Yemen, justifying their attacks as retaliation for the group\u2019s relentless assaults of ships in the Red Sea despite warnings from Washington. \n\nThe US had previously avoided striking back, with President Joe Biden repeatedly saying he feared an unwanted escalation of the war in the Middle East. But on Tuesday last week the Houthis launched their largest-ever barrage of 18 one-way attack drones, anti-ship cruise missiles and an anti-ship ballistic missile at several international commercial vessels and warships in the Red Sea - forcing the US to respond militarily. \n\nAccording to the Houthis, the American and British strikes killed five of their forces and wounded six. The group has refused to stand down and has pledged to retaliate. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>After weeks of attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea, Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels are now at the centre of rising tensions in the Middle East which threatens to extend the Israel-Hamas war to a regional conflict.<\/p>\n<p>But who are the Houthis?<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis are an armed political and religious group which identifies with Yemen\u2019s Shia Muslim minority, the Zaidis. Along with Hamas and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, the group has positioned itself against Israel, the US and the West.<\/p>\n<p>The group was founded in the 1990s by Hussein al-Houthi, but the first time most of the world heard about the group\u2019s existence was in the early 2000s, when it fought against Yemen\u2019s long-time authoritarian president Ali Abdullah Saleh.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, during the Arab Spring, Saleh handed over power to his deputy Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. It was during Hadi\u2019s troubled government that, in 2014, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels swept down from their northern stronghold in Yemen and seized the capital Sanaa.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the group forced Hadi to flee abroad after seizing part of the country. This move triggered a reaction from Saudi Arabia, which feared the installment of a Houthi government that they thought would become essentially a satellite of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In the same year, a Saudi-led coalition intervened to try to restore Yemen\u2019s exiled, internationally-recognised government to power, but the conflict eventually ended in a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The war in Yemen lasted years and ravaged the country, the world\u2019s poorest Arab nation, killing 150,000 people including civilians and fighters and creating a humanitarian disaster. The war ended in a ceasefire more than a year ago, but permanent peace has not yet been achieved.<\/p>\n<p>The current leader of the Houthis is the brother of the group\u2019s founder, Abdul Malik al-Houthi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1745810360488415660\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What is happening now?<\/h2><p>While the Houthis have sporadically attacked vessels in the Red Sea, the group has ramped up its assaults on commercial ships since an Israeli strike hit a hospital in Gaza on 17 October, killing and injuring many civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis claim they won\u2019t stop disrupting trade in the Red Sea until there is a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, saying they\u2019re targeting vessels that are Israeli-flagged, owned or operated. But only a few of the ships attacked have direct links to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has denied involvement in the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, US and British warships and aircraft fired missiles at Houthi targets in Yemen, justifying their attacks as retaliation for the group\u2019s relentless assaults of ships in the Red Sea despite warnings from Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The US had previously avoided striking back, with President Joe Biden repeatedly saying he feared an unwanted escalation of the war in the Middle East. But on Tuesday last week the Houthis launched their largest-ever barrage of 18 one-way attack drones, anti-ship cruise missiles and an anti-ship ballistic missile at several international commercial vessels and warships in the Red Sea - forcing the US to respond militarily.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Houthis, the American and British strikes killed five of their forces and wounded six. The group has refused to stand down and has pledged to retaliate.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1705403804,"updatedAt":1706011268,"publishedAt":1706010185,"firstPublishedAt":1706010189,"lastPublishedAt":1706011268,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the U.S. and the U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. ","callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"caption":"Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the U.S. and the U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. 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On Thursday a US raid on a dhow -\u00a0 a\u00a0traditional Red Sea sailing vessel -\u00a0 intercepted ballistic missile parts the US said Iran was shipping to Yemen. Two US Navy SEALs remain unaccounted for after one was knocked off the vessel by a wave during the seizure and the second followed the overcome SEAL into the water. \n\nOn Wednesday, Pentagon press secretary Major General Pat Ryder said the US would continue to take military action to prevent further attacks. \n\n\u201cThey are exploiting this situation to conduct attacks against the ships and vessels from more than 50 countries ... around the world. And so we\u2019re going to continue to work with our partners in the region to prevent those attacks or deter those attacks in the future,\u201d Ryder said. \n\nThere have been several incidents since the Friday joint operations. The Houthis fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward a US Navy destroyer over the weekend, but the ship shot it down.\u00a0 \n\nThe Houthis then struck a US-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden on Monday and a Malta-flagged bulk carrier in the Red Sea on Tuesday. In response, on Tuesday, the US struck four anti-ship ballistic missiles that were prepared to launch and presented an imminent threat to merchant and US Navy ships in the region. \n\nHours later, the Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack on the Malta-flagged bulk carrier Zografia. The ship was hit, but no one was injured and it continued on its way. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The US military has fired another wave of ship and submarine launch missile strikes\u00a0from the Red Sea against Houthi-controlled sites,\u00a0as violence in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war continues to spill over in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The attack marks the fourth time in days the group in Yemen has been directly targeted and follows the\u00a0latest\u00a0Houthi\u00a0attack on a commercial ship in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The US strikes hit 14 missiles the command deemed an \u201cimminent threat.\u201d They follow an official announcement Wednesday that the US has put the Houthis back on its list of specially designated global terrorists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sanctions that come with the formal designation are meant to sever violent extremist groups from their sources of financing.<\/p>\n<p>\"These missiles on launch rails presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and US Navy ships in the region and could have been fired at any time, prompting US forces to exercise their inherent right and obligation to defend themselves,\u201d\u00a0Central Command said in a statement posted on X late Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1747657391133389107\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite the sanctions and military strikes, including a large-scale operation carried out by US and British warships and warplanes on\u00a0Friday that hit more than 60 targets across Yemen, the Houthis are continuing their harassment campaign of commercial and military ships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest incident occurred on Wednesday when a one-way attack drone was launched from a Houthi-controlled area in Yemen and struck the Marshall Islands-flagged, US-owned and operated M\/V Genco Picardy in the Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n<p>The US has also strongly warned Iran to cease providing weapons to the Houthis. On Thursday a US raid on a dhow -\u00a0 a\u00a0traditional Red Sea sailing vessel -\u00a0 intercepted ballistic missile parts the US said Iran was shipping to Yemen. Two US Navy SEALs remain unaccounted for after one was knocked off the vessel by a wave during the seizure and the second followed the overcome SEAL into the water.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1747214405291716688\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, Pentagon press secretary Major General Pat Ryder said the US would continue to take military action to prevent further attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are exploiting this situation to conduct attacks against the ships and vessels from more than 50 countries ... around the world. 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Sites hit included weapon depots, radars and command centers, including in remote mountain areas, officials said.\u00a0 \n\nThe Houthis have yet to acknowledge how severe the damage was from the strikes, which they said killed five of their troops and wounded six others. \n\nUS forces followed up with a strike Saturday on a Houthi radar site. \n\nShipping through the Red Sea has slowed over the attacks. 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Missiles also landed near another US warship last week after it assisted a vessel linked to Israel that had briefly been seized by gunmen. \n\nHowever, the Houthis had not directly targeted the Americans for some time, further raising the stakes in the growing maritime conflict. 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YEMEN EXPLOSION","path":"\/2023\/12\/03\/british-military-reports-explosion-off-the-coast-of-yemen-in-the-key-bab-el-mandeb-strait","lastModified":1701714461},{"id":2418254,"cid":8051410,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"231119_NWSU_53905565","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Yemen's Houthi rebels seize Israeli-linked cargo ship in Red Sea","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Yemen's Houthi rebels seize Israeli-linked cargo ship in Red Sea","leadin":"They took over two dozen crew members hostage and raised fears that regional tensions are heightening over the Israel Hamas war","summary":"They took over two dozen crew members hostage and raised fears that regional tensions are heightening over the Israel Hamas war","keySentence":"","url":"yemens-houthi-rebels-seize-israeli-linked-cargo-ship-in-red-sea","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/11\/19\/yemens-houthi-rebels-seize-israeli-linked-cargo-ship-in-red-sea","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Houthi rebels said they hijacked the ship over its connection to Israel and took the crew as hostages. The group warned that it would continue to target ships in international waters that were linked to or owned by Israelis until the end of Israel's campaign against Gaza's Hamas rulers. \n\n\n\u201cAll ships belonging to the Israeli enemy or that deal with it will become legitimate targets,\u201d the Houthis said. \n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office had blamed the Houthis for the attack on the Bahamas-flagged Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier affiliated with an Israeli billionaire. It said the 25 crew members had a range of nationalities, including Bulgarian, Filipino, Mexican and Ukrainian, but that no Israelis had been on board. \n\nThe Houthis said they were treating the crew members \u201cin accordance with their Islamic values,\u201d but did not elaborate on what that meant. \n\nHouthi spokesman Yahya Sare'e tweeted a threat that all ships owned or operated by Israel would be targeted. \n\nNetanyahu's office condemned the seizure as an \u201cIranian act of terror.\" The Israeli military called the hijacking a \u201cvery grave incident of global consequence.\" \n\nIsraeli officials insisted the ship was British-owned and Japanese-operated. However, ownership details in public shipping databases associated the ship\u2019s owners with Ray Car Carriers, which was founded by Abraham \u201cRami\u201d Ungar, who is known as one of the richest men in Israel. \n\nUngar told The Associated Press he was aware of the incident but couldn\u2019t comment as he awaited details. A ship linked to him experienced an explosion in 2021 in the Gulf of Oman. Israeli media blamed it on Iran at the time. \n\nThe complex world of international shipping often involves a series of management companies, flags and owners stretching across the globe in a single vessel. \n\nTwo U.S. defence officials confirmed that Houthi rebels seized the Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea on Sunday afternoon local time. The rebels descended on the cargo ship by repelling down from a helicopter, the officials said, confirming details first reported by NBC News. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter. \n\nTwice in the last month, U.S. warships have intercepted missiles or drones from Yemen that were believed to be headed toward Israel or posing a threat to the American vessels. The USS Carney, a Navy destroyer, intercepted three land attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by Houthi forces toward the northern Red Sea last month. \n\nOn Nov. 15 the USS Thomas Hudner, another destroyer, was sailing toward the Bab-el-Mandeb strait when the crew saw a drone, reported to have originated in Yemen. The ship shot down the drone over the water. The officials said the crew took action to ensure the safety of U.S. personnel, and there were no casualties or damage to the ship. \n\nSatellite tracking data from MarineTraffic.com analysed by the AP showed the Galaxy Leader travelling in the Red Sea southwest of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, more than a day ago. The vessel had been in Korfez, Turkey, and was on its way to Pipavav, India, at the time of the seizure reported by Israel. \n\nIt had its Automatic Identification System tracker, or AIS, switched off, the data showed. Ships are supposed to keep their AIS active for safety reasons, but crews will turn them off if it appears they might be targeted or to smuggle contraband, which there was no immediate evidence to suggest was the case with the Galaxy Leader. \n\nThe British military\u2019s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which provides warnings to sailors in the Persian Gulf and the wider region, put the hijacking as having occurred some 150 kilometres off the coast of Yemen\u2019s port city of Hodeida, near the coast of Eritrea. \n\nThe Red Sea, stretching from Egypt\u2019s Suez Canal to the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait separating the Arabian Peninsula from Africa, remains a key trade route for global shipping and energy supplies. That\u2019s why the U.S. Navy has stationed multiple ships in the sea since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7. \n\nSince 2019, a series of ships have come under attack at sea as Iran began breaking all the limits of its tattered nuclear deal with world powers. As Israel expands its devastating campaign against Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip following the militant group's unprecedented attack on southern Israel, fears have grown that the military operations could escalate into a wider regional conflict. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Houthi rebels said they hijacked the ship over its connection to Israel and took the crew as hostages. The group warned that it would continue to target ships in international waters that were linked to or owned by Israelis until the end of Israel's campaign against Gaza's Hamas rulers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll ships belonging to the Israeli enemy or that deal with it will become legitimate targets,\u201d the Houthis said.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office had blamed the Houthis for the attack on the Bahamas-flagged Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier affiliated with an Israeli billionaire. It said the 25 crew members had a range of nationalities, including Bulgarian, Filipino, Mexican and Ukrainian, but that no Israelis had been on board.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis said they were treating the crew members \u201cin accordance with their Islamic values,\u201d but did not elaborate on what that meant.<\/p>\n<p>Houthi spokesman Yahya Sare'e tweeted a threat that all ships owned or operated by Israel would be targeted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1726228845181939863\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Netanyahu's office condemned the seizure as an \u201cIranian act of terror.\" The Israeli military called the hijacking a \u201cvery grave incident of global consequence.\"<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials insisted the ship was British-owned and Japanese-operated. However, ownership details in public shipping databases associated the ship\u2019s owners with Ray Car Carriers, which was founded by Abraham \u201cRami\u201d Ungar, who is known as one of the richest men in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Ungar told The Associated Press he was aware of the incident but couldn\u2019t comment as he awaited details. A ship linked to him experienced an explosion in 2021 in the Gulf of Oman. Israeli media blamed it on Iran at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The complex world of international shipping often involves a series of management companies, flags and owners stretching across the globe in a single vessel.<\/p>\n<p>Two U.S. defence officials confirmed that Houthi rebels seized the Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea on Sunday afternoon local time. The rebels descended on the cargo ship by repelling down from a helicopter, the officials said, confirming details first reported by NBC News. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Twice in the last month, U.S. warships have intercepted missiles or drones from Yemen that were believed to be headed toward Israel or posing a threat to the American vessels. The USS Carney, a Navy destroyer, intercepted three land attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by Houthi forces toward the northern Red Sea last month.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 15 the USS Thomas Hudner, another destroyer, was sailing toward the Bab-el-Mandeb strait when the crew saw a drone, reported to have originated in Yemen. The ship shot down the drone over the water. The officials said the crew took action to ensure the safety of U.S. personnel, and there were no casualties or damage to the ship.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite tracking data from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////marinetraffic.com/">MarineTraffic.com analysed by the AP showed the Galaxy Leader travelling in the Red Sea southwest of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, more than a day ago. The vessel had been in Korfez, Turkey, and was on its way to Pipavav, India, at the time of the seizure reported by Israel.<\/p>\n<p>It had its Automatic Identification System tracker, or AIS, switched off, the data showed. Ships are supposed to keep their AIS active for safety reasons, but crews will turn them off if it appears they might be targeted or to smuggle contraband, which there was no immediate evidence to suggest was the case with the Galaxy Leader.<\/p>\n<p>The British military\u2019s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which provides warnings to sailors in the Persian Gulf and the wider region, put the hijacking as having occurred some 150 kilometres off the coast of Yemen\u2019s port city of Hodeida, near the coast of Eritrea.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sea, stretching from Egypt\u2019s Suez Canal to the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait separating the Arabian Peninsula from Africa, remains a key trade route for global shipping and energy supplies. That\u2019s why the U.S. Navy has stationed multiple ships in the sea since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2019, a series of ships have come under attack at sea as Iran began breaking all the limits of its tattered nuclear deal with world powers. As Israel expands its devastating campaign against Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip following the militant group's unprecedented attack on southern Israel, fears have grown that the military operations could escalate into a wider regional conflict.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1700415762,"updatedAt":1700417121,"publishedAt":1700417118,"firstPublishedAt":1700417121,"lastPublishedAt":1700417121,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kristijan Bracun\/AP","altText":"FILE - Galaxy Leader cargo ship at port of Koper, Slovenia on Sept. 16, 2008","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"FILE - Galaxy Leader cargo ship at port of Koper, Slovenia on Sept. 16, 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disaster.","keySentence":"","url":"fatal-air-pollution-and-decimated-fish-stocks-inside-the-urgent-mission-to-save-yemens-oil","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/05\/31\/fatal-air-pollution-and-decimated-fish-stocks-inside-the-urgent-mission-to-save-yemens-oil","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"An abandoned ship carrying 1.1 million barrels of crude oil could cause an environmental \u201ccatastrophe\u201d if it detonates in the Red Sea. \n\nThe United Nations is racing to salvage the super tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen, which has been left to rust since 2015 after the country descended into civil war. \n\nIt\u2019s taken years for the UN to secure access and the funds needed for the estimated \u20ac120 million mission. But in an unprecedented salvage plan, the UN has finally purchased a tanker to remove the fuel from the Safer vessel, stranded 19 miles (31 kilometres) northwest of Hodeida city. \n\nThe first technical salvage boat arrived on Tuesday (30 May) near the 360 metre long Safer, marking the start of the four to six week operation to avert a devastating oil spill . \n\n\"We're very happy to be on site where we can start the work,\" David Gressly, the UN coordinator for Yemen, said via video conference from aboard the NDeavor support vessel. \n\nWhat will happen if the oil tanker explodes? \n\nExperts say the tanker is at risk of breaking apart, exploding or catching fire - and poses a major humanitarian and environmental threat. \n\nThe Safer's 1.1 million barrels are four times as much as the oil that spilled in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska, one of the world's worst ecological catastrophes, according to the UN. \n\n\u201cA major spill would devastate fishing communities on Yemen\u2019s Red Sea coast, likely wiping out 200,000 livelihoods instantly. Whole communities would be exposed to life-threatening toxins. Highly polluted air would affect millions,\u201d a statement from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) warns. \n\nIt would also cause the ports of Hodeidah and Saleef to close - cutting off a vital route for foreign aid into the war-torn country, where 17 million people need food assistance. Desalination plants would close too, taking away a water source for millions of people. \n\n\u201cOil from the Safer could reach the African coast and affect any country on the Red Sea. The environmental impact on coral reefs , life-supporting mangroves , and other marine life would be severe,\u201d the UNDP adds. \u201c Fish stocks would take 25 years to recover.\u201d \n\nWhat is the plan to salvage the Safer tanker? \n\nTo avert these unthinkable crises, a number of countries including the UK, France , Italy, Luxembourg , Malta and Norway have pledged their support for the salvage mission. \n\nThe operation has been assigned to a company called SMIT Salvage, which will pump the oil from the Safer to the now UN-owned ship called Nautica, and then tow away the empty tanker. \n\nNDeavor is starting crucial preparatory work today. Experts aboard the support vessel will pump inert gas to remove atmospheric oxygen from the oil chambers of the Safer. \n\nIn 2020, internal documents seen by AP news agency showed that seawater has entered Safer\u2019s engine compartment, causing damage to pipes and increasing the risk of sinking. Rust has covered parts of the tanker and the inert gas that prevents the tanks from gathering inflammable gases has leaked out - so replacing it is an important first step. \n\n\"With the arrival of the Ndeavour next to the FSO [Safer] in the Red Sea, we truly have reached a critical milestone,\" said UNDP head Achim Steiner. \n\n\"If all goes according to plan, somewhere in late June, early July, we might be in a position to say that that critical phase of the ship-to-ship transfer could be completed.\u201d \n\nAfter the transfer is complete, the Japan-made oil tanker will eventually be towed away and scrapped. \n\nWhat happened to Yemen\u2019s Safer oil tanker? \n\nThe Safer was built in the 1970s and sold to the Yemeni government in the 1980s to store up to 3 million barrels of oil pumped from fields in Marib, a province in central Yemen.\u00a0 \n\nBut the impoverished South Arabian Peninsula nation has been engulfed for years in civil war and no annual maintenance has been carried out on the ship, which has 34 storage tanks, since 2015. \n\nYemen \u2019s ruinous conflict began in 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country\u2019s north, forcing the internationally recognised government into exile. \n\nThe following year, a Saudi-led coalition entered the war to fight the Houthis and try to restore the government to power. \n\nMore than 150,000 people have reportedly been killed in the conflict, and more than 23 million left in need of aid. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>An abandoned ship carrying 1.1 million barrels of crude oil could cause an environmental \u201ccatastrophe\u201d if it detonates in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations is racing to salvage the super tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen, which has been left to rust since 2015 after the country descended into civil war.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s taken years for the UN to secure access and the funds needed for the estimated \u20ac120 million mission. But in an unprecedented salvage plan, the UN has finally purchased a tanker to remove the fuel from the Safer vessel, stranded 19 miles (31 kilometres) northwest of Hodeida city.<\/p>\n<p>The first technical salvage boat arrived on Tuesday (30 May) near the 360 metre long Safer, marking the start of the four to six week operation to avert a devastating <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//05//ecological-disaster-spanish-energy-giant-repsol-hit-with-further-55m-fine-for-oil-spill-in/">oil spill<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\"We're very happy to be on site where we can start the work,\" David Gressly, the UN coordinator for Yemen, said via video conference from aboard the NDeavor support vessel.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7638340,7638088\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//30//russian-spy-whale-spotted-off-swedish-coast/">Beluga whale spotted off the Swedish coast previously accused of spying for Russia<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//29//plastic-pollution-is-a-time-bomb-warns-frances-president-macron/">Plastic pollution is a 'time bomb' warns France's President Macron<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What will happen if the oil tanker explodes?<\/h2><p>Experts say the tanker is at risk of breaking apart, exploding or catching fire - and poses a major humanitarian and environmental threat.<\/p>\n<p>The Safer's 1.1 million barrels are four times as much as the oil that spilled in the 1989 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//01//exxon-makes-record-51-billion-profit-only-5-is-going-to-low-carbon-projects/">Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska, one of the world's worst ecological catastrophes, according to the UN.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.5188335358444713\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//64//33//66//808x1224_cmsv2_7a838d7b-e3eb-514a-a3d0-94af91a25492-7643366.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo\/Rob Stapleton\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/384x583_cmsv2_7a838d7b-e3eb-514a-a3d0-94af91a25492-7643366.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/640x972_cmsv2_7a838d7b-e3eb-514a-a3d0-94af91a25492-7643366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/750x1139_cmsv2_7a838d7b-e3eb-514a-a3d0-94af91a25492-7643366.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/828x1258_cmsv2_7a838d7b-e3eb-514a-a3d0-94af91a25492-7643366.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/1080x1640_cmsv2_7a838d7b-e3eb-514a-a3d0-94af91a25492-7643366.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/1200x1823_cmsv2_7a838d7b-e3eb-514a-a3d0-94af91a25492-7643366.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/1920x2916_cmsv2_7a838d7b-e3eb-514a-a3d0-94af91a25492-7643366.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez, Alaska, spilling over 270,000 barrels of crude oil, in 1989.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Rob Stapleton<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cA major spill would devastate fishing communities on Yemen\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//09//cop27-delivers-15-million-to-protect-egypts-coral-reefs-how-will-it-help/">Red Sea<\/strong><\/a> coast, likely wiping out 200,000 livelihoods instantly. Whole communities would be exposed to life-threatening toxins. Highly <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//24//air-pollution-is-killing-1200-children-and-teenagers-in-europe-each-year-eea-warns/">polluted air<\/strong><\/a> would affect millions,\u201d a statement from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) warns.<\/p>\n<p>It would also cause the ports of Hodeidah and Saleef to close - cutting off a vital route for foreign aid into the war-torn country, where 17 million people need food assistance. Desalination plants would close too, taking away a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//19//running-out-of-water-is-one-of-the-biggest-risks-facing-the-world-what-can-we-do-about-it/">water source for millions of people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOil from the Safer could reach the African coast and affect any country on the Red Sea. The environmental impact on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//04//29//coral-crisis-why-are-the-world-s-reefs-under-attack/">coral reefs<\/strong><\/a>, life-supporting <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//04//17//what-are-mangroves-and-why-are-they-the-key-to-saving-the-planet/">mangroves, and other marine life would be severe,\u201d the UNDP adds. \u201c<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//03//coal-mining-is-to-blame-for-oder-river-mass-die-off-greenpeace-poland-warns/">Fish stocks<\/strong><\/a> would take 25 years to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7183333333333334\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//64//33//66//808x581_cmsv2_c2835454-401a-5be4-8526-7189716169a5-7643366.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo\/Jack Smith\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/384x276_cmsv2_c2835454-401a-5be4-8526-7189716169a5-7643366.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/640x460_cmsv2_c2835454-401a-5be4-8526-7189716169a5-7643366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/750x539_cmsv2_c2835454-401a-5be4-8526-7189716169a5-7643366.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/828x595_cmsv2_c2835454-401a-5be4-8526-7189716169a5-7643366.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/1080x776_cmsv2_c2835454-401a-5be4-8526-7189716169a5-7643366.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/1200x862_cmsv2_c2835454-401a-5be4-8526-7189716169a5-7643366.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/1920x1379_cmsv2_c2835454-401a-5be4-8526-7189716169a5-7643366.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An oil covered bird is examined on an island in Prince William Sound, Alaska, following the Exxon Valdez oil spill.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Jack Smith<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What is the plan to salvage the Safer tanker?<\/h2><p>To avert these unthinkable crises, a number of countries including the UK, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//22//we-cant-escape-the-reality-france-is-preparing-for-4c-of-warming-by-2100/">France, Italy, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//22//the-worlds-richest-country-made-public-transport-free-heres-what-happened-next/">Luxembourg, Malta and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//03//norway-one-of-europes-biggest-oil-producers-is-strengthening-its-emissions-targets-ahead-o/">Norway have pledged their support for the salvage mission.<\/p>\n<p>The operation has been assigned to a company called SMIT Salvage, which will pump the oil from the Safer to the now UN-owned ship called Nautica, and then tow away the empty tanker.<\/p>\n<p>NDeavor is starting crucial preparatory work today. Experts aboard the support vessel will pump inert gas to remove atmospheric oxygen from the oil chambers of the Safer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5612727272727273\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//64//33//66//808x454_cmsv2_a6770ef4-a0a2-50af-9ccd-a2895510f0d6-7643366.jpg/" alt=\"REUTERS\/Muhammad Yusuf\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/384x216_cmsv2_a6770ef4-a0a2-50af-9ccd-a2895510f0d6-7643366.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/640x359_cmsv2_a6770ef4-a0a2-50af-9ccd-a2895510f0d6-7643366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/750x421_cmsv2_a6770ef4-a0a2-50af-9ccd-a2895510f0d6-7643366.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/828x465_cmsv2_a6770ef4-a0a2-50af-9ccd-a2895510f0d6-7643366.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/1080x606_cmsv2_a6770ef4-a0a2-50af-9ccd-a2895510f0d6-7643366.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/1200x674_cmsv2_a6770ef4-a0a2-50af-9ccd-a2895510f0d6-7643366.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/33\/66\/1920x1078_cmsv2_a6770ef4-a0a2-50af-9ccd-a2895510f0d6-7643366.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Staff of the vessel in charge of unloading oil from the decaying vessel FSO Safer are pictured off the coast of Ras Issa, Yemen, 30 May 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">REUTERS\/Muhammad Yusuf<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2020, internal documents seen by AP news agency showed that seawater has entered Safer\u2019s engine compartment, causing damage to pipes and increasing the risk of sinking. Rust has covered parts of the tanker and the inert gas that prevents the tanks from gathering inflammable gases has leaked out - so replacing it is an important first step.<\/p>\n<p>\"With the arrival of the Ndeavour next to the FSO [Safer] in the Red Sea, we truly have reached a critical milestone,\" said UNDP head Achim Steiner.<\/p>\n<p>\"If all goes according to plan, somewhere in late June, early July, we might be in a position to say that that critical phase of the ship-to-ship transfer could be completed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the transfer is complete, the Japan-made <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//04//26//us-ukraine-crisis-norway-oil/">oil tanker<\/strong><\/a> will eventually be towed away and scrapped.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7636578,7640928\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//31//spain-italy-portugal-which-european-countries-are-most-vulnerable-to-drought/">Spain, Italy, Portugal: Which European countries are most vulnerable to drought?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//29//the-waters-of-the-grand-canal-in-venice-turn-bright-green/">Police solve the mystery of why Venice's Grand Canal turned bright green <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What happened to Yemen\u2019s Safer oil tanker?<\/h2><p>The Safer was built in the 1970s and sold to the Yemeni government in the 1980s to store up to 3 million barrels of oil pumped from fields in Marib, a province in central Yemen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the impoverished South Arabian Peninsula nation has been engulfed for years in civil war and no annual maintenance has been carried out on the ship, which has 34 storage tanks, since 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//07//10//infectious-toxic-or-radioactive-yemen-faces-environmental-threat-from-medical-waste-crisis/">Yemen/u2019s ruinous conflict began in 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country\u2019s north, forcing the internationally recognised government into exile.<\/p>\n<p>The following year, a Saudi-led coalition entered the war to fight the Houthis and try to restore the government to power.<\/p>\n<p>More than 150,000 people have reportedly been killed in the conflict, and more than 23 million left in need of 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