An urgent situation has arisen on a crucial shipping route off the coast of Yemen
ByThe Associated Press
December 3, 2023, 4:22 AM
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates– A “possible surge” has actually struck an essential shipping path off the coast of Yemen, the British armed force stated Sunday.
The British armed force’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations provided a short caution to carriers that the occurrence occurred in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that separates East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.
The UKMTO stated drone activity likewise had actually been reported in the location.
The Bab el-Mandeb connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. That location has actually seen a series of attacks in current weeks credited to Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who have actually likewise introduced rockets and drones towards Israel over its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The Houthis did not right away acknowledge the occurrence.
