...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...
on Saturday but proceeded with its voyage despite sustaining damage, a British maritime security agency said.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, run by the British Navy, said the attack happened 64 nautical miles northwest of Mokha, Yemen, near the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
The vessel was first hit by an uncrewed aerial system that went
kaboom!close by, causing minor damage, UKMTO said.
The second attack involved an uncrewed surface vessel that also went
kaboom!nearby, it said, adding both the crew and vessel were safe.
The vessel later reported a missile "splashing in close proximity," which appears to have been a failed missile strike, said UKMTO.
The agency did not identify the vessel or say who was behind the attacks.
Yemen's Iran-backed 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 Americaâ„¢, 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 have launched dozens of drone and missile strikes against Israel-linked shipping since November in a campaign they say is intended to signal solidarity with Paleostinians amid the war on Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
The Houthis have attacked at least 88 commercial vessels in nine months, according to a tally by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy think tank.
On Friday, the rebels struck a Singapore-flagged container ship with missiles and drones, sparking a fire that the crew later extinguished.
The Houthi attacks have prompted some shipping companies to detour around southern Africa to avoid the Red Sea, a vital route that usually carries about 12 percent of global trade.
Egypt's Suez Canal reported a 23.4 percent drop in annual revenues on Thursday, attributed to Red Sea shipping disruptions.