Houthis Launch Missiles at Another Red Sea Commercial Shipment

Published on December 26, 2023

The Islamist Houthi rebel forces in Yemen have claimed responsibility for an attack on a commercial ship on Tuesday, continuing a trend of attacks on international shipments throughout the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. On Tuesday, Houthi forces spokesman Yahya Saree announced in a post on the X social media app that Houthi sea forces conducted a missile attack targeting the Mediterranean Shipping Company container ship MSC United. Mr. Saree claimed the Houthi side had issued multiple warnings to the crew of MSC United before the attack, but the merchant ship’s crew ignored the warnings. The Mediterranean Shipping Company confirmed the Tuesday attack in a statement it shared with Bloomberg News. The shipping company said all of the ship’s crew members are safe and uninjured, though the company is carrying out a damage assessment following the missile attack....

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