U.S. says Houthis released missiles at tanker ship but no hurt prompted

U.S. says Houthis released missiles at tanker ship but no hurt prompted


Members of the Yemeni Coastline Guard affiliated with the Houthi team patrol the sea as demonstrators march by means of the Crimson Sea port city of Hodeida in solidarity with the individuals of Gaza on January 4, 2024, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant Hamas team in Gaza.

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The Iran-backed Houthi militia launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at a U.S.-owned tanker ship late on Thursday that strike the drinking water around the vessel but caused no accidents or damage, the U.S. armed forces claimed.

The incident, the latest amid expanding tensions in the Crimson Sea that have disrupted world wide trade and raised fears of supply bottlenecks, took location all over 9 p.m. Yemen time (1800 GMT), in accordance to a U.S. Central Command publish on X, formerly referred to as Twitter.

The Houthis, who command most of Yemen, before on Thursday claimed obligation for the assault, indicating they focused the ship Chem Ranger with naval missiles that brought on “immediate hits”.

No indication U.S. strikes are changing calculation of the Houthis, says RBC's Helima Croft

Monitoring service TankerTrackers.com explained on social media that the “pretty smaller chemical tanker left the Red Sea port of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Kuwait, but her AIS (automatic identification system) went offline on (Tuesday) ahead of continuing south past Yemen.”

The Houthis say their assaults are in solidarity with Palestinians less than attack from Israel in Gaza.

Since last week, the United States has launched strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, and this week returned the militia to a record of “terrorist” groups. President Joe Biden instructed reporters on Thursday that air strikes would keep on even if they might not be halting the Houthi assaults.



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