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A video shared on Facebook claimed Iranian-backed Houthi rebels sunk four United States ships in a recent attack. Verdict: Misleading While the Houthis did attack these four ships, there is no ...
Also on that date, the Houthis claimed that the ship was at risk of sinking. US Central Command (CENTCOM) acknowledged severe flooding, with the vessel slowly taking in water. [18] Two tugboats from the Tsavliris Salvage Group were deployed to recover the vessel. [27] [28] The salvage operation was abandoned following her sinking. [29]
The sinking of the Tutor marks what appears to be a new escalation by the Iranian-backed Houthis in their campaign of attacks on ships in the vital maritime corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in ...
A ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over ...
Early the next day, Houthis again attacked the Maersk Hangzhou, attempting to board the freighter. The Maersk Hangzhou made a distress signal, to which U.S. Navy forces of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and destroyer USS Gravely responded. The U.S., along with Maersk security personnel aboard the ship, repelled the attack.
The Houthis say that any Israel-linked ship is a target, [10] [7] [8] including US and UK warships, but they have also indiscriminately attacked the ships of many nations with no connection to Israel. [11] [12] From October 2023 to March 2024, the Houthis attacked more than 60 vessels in the Red Sea. [13]
They have struck a number of commercial ships, sinking two of them and hijacking one (the Galaxy Leader), and killed four sailors. Footage released by the Houthis shows an explosion on a ...
CAIRO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Yemen's Houthi militants are believed to have sunk a second ship, the Tutor, in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday. The ...