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Politico
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Crew abandons ship attacked in the Red Sea, UK military says
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said the ship was taking on water and its crew had abandoned the vessel. The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet referred questions to the military's Central Command, which said it was aware of the incident without elaborating. Moammar al-Eryani, the information minister for Yemen's exiled government opposing the Houthis, identified the vessel attacked as the Magic Seas and blamed the rebels for the attack. The ship had been broadcasting it had an armed security team on board in the vicinity the attack took place and had been heading north. 'The attack also proves once again that the Houthis are merely a front for an Iranian scheme using Yemen as a platform to undermine regional and global stability, at a time when Tehran continues to arm the militia and provide it with military technology, including missiles, aircraft, drones, and sea mines,' al-Eryani wrote on the social platform X. The Magic Seas' owners did not respond to a request for comment. The Houthi rebels have been launching missile and drone attacks against commercial and military ships in the region in what the group's leadership has described as an effort to end Israel's offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The group's al-Masirah satellite news channel acknowledged the attack occurred, but offered no other comment on it as it aired a speech by its secretive leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi. However, Ambrey said the vessel targeted met 'the established Houthi target profile,' without elaborating. Between November 2023 and January 2025, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors. That has greatly reduced the flow of trade through the Red Sea corridor, which typically sees $1 trillion of goods move through it annually.
Yemen Online
05-04-2025
- Politics
- Yemen Online
U.S. Airstrike in Yemen Kills Senior Houthi Commanders, Iranian Experts
A precise U.S. airstrike has killed 70 individuals, including senior Houthi commanders and Iranian Revolutionary Guard experts, in Yemen's western port city of Al-Hudaydah, according to an official statement by the Yemeni government on Friday. The announcement—uncommon in its clarity and scope—was delivered by Yemeni Information Minister Muammar al-Eryani, who detailed the operation's strategic implications and its role in disrupting Houthi plans to target vital maritime corridors in the Red Sea and beyond. According to al-Eryani, the airstrike, carried out on Tuesday, struck a high-level Houthi gathering south of the al-Fazah coastal region in Hudaydah province. 'The strike neutralized a key operational site used to coordinate terrorist attacks on commercial vessels and oil tankers transiting the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait, and Gulf of Aden,' al-Eryani said. 'This posed a grave threat to international maritime security and global trade routes.' The operation, described as 'surgical and accurate,' targeted a command center reportedly involved in orchestrating attacks against international shipping—part of a broader escalation by the Houthis in recent months that has drawn global condemnation. Wave of U.S. Strikes Dismantles Houthi Infrastructure The latest airstrike is part of a broader American military campaign launched on March 15, aimed at degrading Houthi military capabilities. Over the past two weeks, U.S. forces have conducted a series of concentrated aerial strikes targeting Houthi defense systems, command-and-control centers, fortified military structures, and weapon storage facilities across multiple provinces. These operations have, according to al-Eryani, resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Houthi militants, including high-ranking operatives across the group's leadership tiers. 'The precision of these strikes has severely undermined Houthi military infrastructure and sown disarray within their ranks,' he noted, adding that the group continues efforts to obscure the scale of its losses and downplay the impact on its operations. Strategic Turning Point in Confronting the Houthis Al-Eryani characterized the U.S. campaign as a strategic inflection point in the long-standing conflict, sending a resolute message to both the Houthis and their backers in Tehran. 'This is a decisive warning that threats to regional security and the safety of international maritime lanes will be met with firm and immediate retaliation,' he declared. Despite the Houthis' attempts to maintain operational continuity and conceal the extent of their setbacks, reports from the battlefield suggest a growing atmosphere of confusion and disarray among the group's leadership.
