British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has stated the warship HMS Richmond is “on its way to the Red Sea to ensure the UK maintains a formidable presence in the face of attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthis”.
The European Union will start discussions on launching its own military mission in the Red Sea this week amid Yemen's attacks on Israel-bound vessels, EU foreign policy spokesman Peter Stano has stated at a briefing.
Global prices for crude oil will double if disruptions triggered by Yemen’s Houthis also affect the Strait of Hormuz, Daan Struyven, Goldman Sachs’ head of oil research, has told CNBC in an interview.
Yemen has warned that tensions could escalate in the region as the United States keeps backing Israel in its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip which has so far killed nearly 23,000.
Yemen's Houthis have cautioned that the US militarization of the Red Sea، in an attempt to serve Israel، will pose a serious threat to international shipping in the strategic waterway.
The United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) underlined the importance of ensuring the safety of global supply chains, particularly in the Red Sea, during a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday.
The stock prices of some container shipping companies have rallied by double digits as Yemen’s Houthi attacks on Israel-bound vessels in the Red Sea sparked concerns that the vital waterway to global trade is becoming inaccessible.
The Yemeni parliament has stressed the country’s resolve to counter any military presence of the US and the UK in regional waters. The warning came after several members of the Yemeni navy were killed in a recent attack by the US troops in the Red Sea.
Britain is reportedly preparing to launch a wave of air strikes against Houthi fighters in Yemen as they keep targeting Israel-bound vessels in the Red Sea, according to a report. The Houthis say as long as Israel’s carnage continues in Gaza, all ships bound for the occupied territories will be their targets.
Yemen’s Houthi group has confirmed that 10 of its members were killed in a US attack in the Red Sea, holding Washington responsible for the "consequences and repercussions of the crime."
A container ship run by the Danish shipping company Maersk has been struck by a missile in the southern part of the Red Sea, the US Central Command has confirmed.
The United States is taking steps to reassure shipping companies that it is safe to use the Red Sea and Suez Canal for cargo deliveries amid continued attacks by the Houthis, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
Yemen's defense minister has warned foreign military troops against offering support to Tel Aviv and securing passage of Israel-owned ships or vessels bound for Israeli ports in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea waters.
Yemen's Houthis have insisted that the international waterways are secure for all passing vessels, except for Israeli ones or those heading towards Israel.
Yemen's Houthis have announced striking a ship heading towards the occupied territories as well as targets lying within those territories in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Mohammed Abdul-Salam, a spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi group, has warned that the Red Sea will become a “flaming battleground” if the United States and its allies stick to their “aggressive behavior” and fuel tensions in the strategic maritime route.
In a major setback to a US-led maritime task force in the Red Sea to protect passage of Israeli-owned and Israel-bound merchant vessels against Yemen's military operation, France, Spain and Italy have officially withdrawn from the alliance.
The director of the White House’s Economic Council Lael Brainard has stated that President Joe Biden’s national security team is very focused on Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea amid the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Several shipping companies have announced they will pause all journeys through the Red Sea after a series of raids by Yemen’s fighters.
The Pentagon is “increasingly alarmed” not only about the threat of Houthi strikes in the Red Sea but also the “growing cost” of rebuffing those raids, reported US news website Politico, citing unnamed US officials.
Yemen’s Defense Minister Major General Mohammad al-Atifi has denounced the formation of a US-led maritime task force in the Red Sea to protect the passage of merchant vessels bound for the Israeli-occupied territories, cautioning the Western alliance that any assault on Yemeni soil would have dire consequences.
