Suspected Attack by Houthi Terrorists Targets Ship Transiting the Bab El-Mandeb Strait

Published on July 10, 2024

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists targeted a ship in the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Wednesday, as authorities acknowledged the terrorists launched their longest-range attack yet on a U.S.-flagged vessel near the Arabian Sea. The sudden burst of attacks by the Houthis came after an unexplained pause of a week and a half in terrorist attacks. The terrorists may be regrouping ahead of the arrival of a new U.S. aircraft carrier to the region after the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower began heading home. The attack Wednesday targeted a ship south of Mocha, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said. The captain reported explosions off the ship’s side....

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