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Red Sea crisis Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present), and the Yemeni crisis Map of Houthi activity near the Yemeni coast: Houthi-controlled Yemen (SPC) Government of Yemen (PLC) Houthi attacks (red) and hijackings (blue) Date 19 October 2023 – present (1 year, 2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) Location Red Sea, Gulf of Aden (esp. Bab-el-Mandeb ...
The Red Sea coast is a major tourist destination in Egypt; however, dozens of dive boats operate every day with unevenly enforced safety regulations. Earlier in November 2024, 30 people were rescued from a sinking boat near the Daedalus reef; in June 2024 24 French tourists were evacuated before the boat sank, and in 2023 three British tourists died after a fire broke out on their vessel.
The operation aims to ensure both the freedom of navigation and the safety of maritime traffic in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb and Gulf of Aden. [1] Following the start of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, multiple civilian container and freight ships were attacked and hijacked in the Gulf of Aden by Houthi forces. [28]
Three cables under the Red Sea that provide global internet and telecommunications have been cut as the waterway remains a target of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said Monday. Meanwhile, a ...
Global trade fell 1.3% from November to December, Germany’s Kiel Institute for the World Economy said Thursday, citing “consequences of the attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea.”
The worst maritime disaster in the Red Sea occurred in 2006, when a ferry from Duba in Saudi Arabia to Safaga in Egypt sank after a fire on board and subsequent efforts to extinguish it. Around ...
August 2024 oil spill caused by attacks on the tanker Sounion; Location: Red Sea, "77 nautical miles to the West of Al Hudaydah": Coordinates: 1]: Date: 22 August 2024: Cause; Cause: Destruction of the oil tanker Sounion by Houthi militants: Operator: Delta Tankers: Spill characteristics; Volume: Up to 150,000 tons (~1 million barrels) of petroleum: The attacks on the MT Sounion refers to ...
Israel's military blamed an "aerial threat" in the Red Sea region: a possible reference to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement which is known to use drones. Egyptian army spokesperson Colonel ...