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British Navy reports attack on ship near Yemen
2024-02-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Off the coast of Yemen, 85 nautical miles from the city of Aden, a new attack occurred on a ship. This was announced on February 15 by the Center for the Coordination of Maritime Trade Transport (UKMTO) at the British Navy.

“UKMTO was notified of an incident 85 nautical miles south of Aden, Yemen. Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the incident,” the document says.

It is noted that vessels are advised to exercise caution and report any suspicious activity. Details of the incident are not provided.

As reported by Regnum news agency, on February 13, the United States launched another strike on the territory of Yemen. The target of the attack was an anti-ship cruise missile of the Houthis' Ansar Allah movement.

A day earlier, the Yemeni Houthis attacked the American ship Star Iris
...again, O Regnum writer, it’s a Greek ship...
in the Red Sea, and on February 6, they fired six anti-ship missiles at two commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

On the night of January 11-12, the United States and Britain, as part of an international coalition, began a military operation in Yemen. They used cruise missiles for attacks. Washington and London said the attack was in response to Houthi attacks on ships off the Yemeni coast.
Update from the Times of Israel at 5:50 p.m. ET:
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-aligned 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 Jews They 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...
s fired naval missiles at the British ship ’LYCAVITOS’ in the Gulf of Aden, the group’s military front man Yahya Sarea says in a televised speech.

More from regnum.ru
US says it carried out four strikes on Houthi missiles and drones.

The US military carried out four strikes on February 14 against anti-ship cruise missiles and drones of Houthi rebels from Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, US Central Command reported on February 15.

“U.S. Central Command forces successfully carried out four self-defense strikes against seven anti-ship cruise missiles, three unmanned aerial vehicles and one unmanned surface vehicle with explosives in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen,” the statement said, as quoted by TASS.

According to the US military, the rebels were preparing missiles and drones to be launched towards ships in the Red Sea.

As Regnum reported, earlier the US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that the United States launched another strike on Yemen on February 13. The target of the American attack was an anti-ship cruise missile of the Houthi Ansar Allah movement.

A day earlier, the Yemeni Houthis attacked the American ship Star Iris in the Red Sea, and on February 6, they fired six anti-ship missiles at two commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

On the night of January 11-12, the United States and Britain, as part of an international coalition, began a military operation in Yemen. They used cruise missiles for attacks. Washington and London said the attack was in response to Houthi attacks on ships off the Yemeni coast. On February 3, the United States, with the support of Britain, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand, attacked 36 targets in 13 locations in Yemen.

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