Houthis Launch New Early Morning Attacks on American and British Vessels in the Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi Shiite terrorist group (also known as Ansar Allah) has renewed its attacks on Red Sea shipping, reportedly opening fire on a United Kingdom-owned cargo vessel in the early hours of Feb. 6. According to group spokesman Yahya Sarea, Houthi fighters launched missiles at two ships—one British and one American—traversing the Red Sea near Yemen’s port city of Al-Hudeidah. The group has vowed to wage additional “self-defensive” actions against what it calls “hostile” U.S. and British targets. The pre-dawn attack has since been confirmed by the British military’s UK Maritime Trade Operations agency. According to the agency, a UK-owned, Barbados-flagged cargo vessel sustained “slight damage” after having come under fire off Yemen’s west coast....