Escalation of tensions in the Red Sea. The United States confirmed a new attack by Houthi rebels against one of its ships. “There were no injuries or damage,” reported Centcom central command. The Houthis attacked an American cargo ship, Centcom wrote in “, the ship” continued its course “. The alarm, however, went off some time ago. And this is since the Yemeni armed group began launching missiles at vehicles and therefore , disrupting shipping. US forces, in response, conducted a fifth strike on Iranian-backed Houthi rebel military sites in Yemen, while US President Joe Biden acknowledged that US and British bombings still they had not stopped militant attacks on ships in the Red Sea, which disrupted global shipping.
The latest strikes destroyed two Houthi anti-ship missiles that “were pointed south of the Red Sea and ready to be launched,” US Central Command said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. They were flown by Navy F/A-18 fighter jets, the Pentagon said. And as conflict fronts in the Middle East widen and widen, the Houthis have promised free passage to Russian and Chinese ships crossing the Red Sea. A senior Houthi official said this in an interview with the Russian news agency Izvestia, reported by AFP, stating that navigation in the Red Sea is safe for ships that are not only linked to certain countries, in particular Israel, and therefore “the shipments from Russia and China is safe.” “In addition – he added – we are ready to guarantee the safe passage of your ships in the Red Sea, because free navigation plays a significant role for our country”. Instead, the Houthi official continues, attacks on ships “in some way linked to Israel” will continue.
Source: IL Tempo
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