Yemen’s Houthis announced they launched strikes against two commercial vessels in the Red Sea today. Spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree stated they launched missiles and struck the Star Nasia, a Marshall Islands-flagged American vessel, and the Morning Tide, a Barbados-flagged U.K. vessel. British firm Furadino Shipping told Reuters the Morning Tide was sailing without problems.
Saree claimed the attacks were a part of self-defense operations against American and British targets, saying on X, “The Yemeni Armed Forces will carry out more military operations against all hostile American-British targets in the Arab and Red seas, within the right to respond to the aggression, and the right to defend our beloved Yemen and its people.”
Saree also stated they would continue their attacks, claiming to support Palestine, saying on X, “The Yemeni Armed Forces emphasize the continuation of their military operations in the Red and seas against Israeli shipping or those heading to the ports of occupied Palestine until the siege is lifted and the aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is stopped.”
