Since mid-November 2023 the shipping route through the Red Sea has been disrupted by a series of attacks on vessels by Yemen’s Houthi movement, recen...

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January 12, 2024 - US military says the destroyer Carney shot down three drones as US Central Command says it believes attacks ‘fully enabled by Iran’

April 30, 2024 - The Houthis have fired drones and missiles into the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden almost daily following a nine-day break. Houthi activity slowed on April 16 but picked up again with an April 24 attack on Maersk Yorktown. It’s the second time the commercial vessel has been targeted by the Yemen-based ...

December 21, 2023 - Yemen's Houthis have made clear their intention of targeting Israeli ships and any ships headed to or from Israel, in retaliation for the country's war in Gaza.

March 6, 2024 - It’s worth noting that the first ... missile attacks in the Red Sea occurred on 19 October, just two days after an explosion killed many Palestinians in Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital — different sources give tolls of between 100 and 500 dead, and the origin of the blast is contested — a burning issue that at the time many assumed was caused by an Israeli ...

January 10, 2024 - U.S. and British naval forces shot down 21 drones and missiles fired by Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday towards the southern Red Sea, the United States said, with Britain hinting at further measures to protect international shipping lanes.

December 31, 2023 - The US military fired on and sank three boats operated by Iran-backed Houthi rebels – killing their crews – after the militants had attempted to attack a Maersk container vessel in Red Sea waters...

January 8, 2024 - The strikes have helped the Yemeni group gain recruits – and a domestic buildup of might could strain ceasefire attempts

February 21, 2024 - The Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion arrived in the southern Yemeni port of Aden on Tuesday after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appeared to have been a mistaken missile strike by Houthi militia, shipping and military sources said.

April 30, 2024 - Authorities said a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a ship in the Red Sea in the latest assault in their campaign against shipping in the crucial maritime route.

March 15, 2024 - The Houthi rebels have launched attacks on over 40 ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

June 27, 2024 - A ship traveling through the Red Sea has reported being hit in an attack carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the latest in the campaign targeting shipping over the Israel-Hamas war.

January 10, 2024 - Drones and missiles targeted shipping in the sea, but ships from the U.S. and British navies shot down the projectiles. No damage was reported. The rebels say they aim to stop Israel's war on Hamas.

June 21, 2024 - The Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping present a new phenomenon in geo-economic conflict: a non-state actor using asymmetric warfare not just to fight conventional armed forces, but to also impose targeted economic sanctions by selectively attacking international shipping.

January 14, 2024 - Most of Israel’s trade is through the Mediterranean. But longer-term risks to Israel’s economy are growing, say analysts