Houthis in Yemen Assert Responsibility for Attacks on Two Ships in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean
The Houthi faction from Yemen claimed on Thursday they went after two ships in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
One of these vessels was American, while the other belonged to a company accused of disregarding the group’s prohibition against entering Israeli harbors.
“Our Yemeni Armed Forces conducted two operations,” announced group representative Yahya Saree in a taped declaration. “The first aimed at the American oil ship, OLYMPIC SPIRIT,” he continued, noting it faced an assault in the Red Sea involving 11 ballistic missiles and a pair of drones, leading to significant and substantial harm.”
Saree highlighted that the second maneuver involved a cruise missile hitting the St. John vessel spot-on in the Indian Ocean.
The St. John was targeted due to its owning company’s breach of the blockade on docking in ports of Israel, though the nationality of the ship wasn’t disclosed.
No word has yet come from Washington.
The Red Sea ranks among the globe’s busiest passageways for transporting oil and fuel.
The Houthis have taken aim at cargo ships connected to Israel in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, expressing solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has endured an Israeli assault since last year on October 7.
Earlier this year, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin unveiled a coordinated initiative, Operation Prosperity Guardian, to tackle these Houthi offensives.
Edited by: Ali Musa
Axadle international–Monitoring
