Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 36
Yemen’s Huthi rebels have attacked scores of merchant ships off the country’s coast over the past 10 months as part of a sometimes-deadly campaign they say is in solidarity with Palestinians during the Gaza war.
The Iran-backed Huthis’ drone and missile strikes have targeted nearly 100 vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, according to the Joint Maritime Information Centre, which is run by a Western naval coalition.
Here are the most significant attacks by the Huthis, who say their campaign is aimed at ships linked to Israel and its Western allies the United States and Britain.
However, Washington said early this year that dozens of countries had ties to the attacked vessels.
Source: AFP
