...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
missile attack on a Red Sea merchant ship on Wednesday, British and US officials said, the first fatalities reported since the Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
i group began strikes against shipping in one of the world's busiest sea lanes.
The Houthis grabbed credit for the attack, which set the Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze around 50 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen's port of Aden.
In a statement on X directly responding to the Houthi claim, Britannia's embassy wrote: "At least 2 innocent sailors have died. This was the sad but inevitable consequence of the Houthis recklessly firing missiles at international shipping. They must stop."
"Our deepest condolences are with the families of those that have died and those that were maimed."
A senior US official also confirmed two sailors had died.
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[Regnum] Three sailors are missing and four were injured after an attack off the coast of Yemen on the Greek-owned Barbados-flagged bulk carrier True Confidence. Reuters reported this on March 6.
Three sailors missing after Houthi attack on Greek bulk carrier off Yemen
The bulk carrier is called True Confidence, the attack, according to the Center for Coordination of Maritime Trade Transport of the British Navy, occurred at 11:40 Moscow time, 54 nautical miles from Aden, Yemen. People claiming to be members of the Yemeni Navy allegedly contacted the ship. They gave instructions to change course.
Later, from statements by the owner and operator of the bulk carrier, it became known that the ship had caught fire and was drifting. Apart from information about the missing and those who suffered burns, nothing is known about the condition of the 20 crew members and three armed guards.
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Al Jazeera: Houthis attack an American ship near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
The Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) attacked an American ship near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Al Jazeera TV channel reported this on March 6, citing a source.
“Ansar Allah forces attacked an American ship near Bab al-Mandeb,” the report said.
As Regnum reported earlier, on March 6, the UK Navy's Maritime Trade Coordination Center (UKMTO) reported that a new attack on a ship occurred near the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden. The center has therefore advised vessels in the area to exercise caution.
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Two Filipino crew members were among those killed in a missile attack by Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
rebels on a ship in the Gulf of Aden, the Philippine government says.
Those killed in the attack on Wednesday appear to be first deaths resulting from Houthi attacks on merchant vessels transiting the key Red Sea trade route.
"With great sadness, the Department of Migrant Workers confirms the deaths of two Filipino seafarers in the most recent attack by Houthi rebels on ships plying the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden," the agency says in a statement.
"We are also informed that two other Filipino crewmen were severely injured in the attack on their ship," it added.
Manila is liaising with the ship owners and its crewing agency "to ascertain the conditions of the rest of the ship’s crew," the department said.
An anti-ship ballistic missile struck the Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned M/V True Confidence, after which its crew reported "three fatalities, at least four injuries, of which three are at death's door, and significant damage to the ship," the US Central Command said earlier.
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