Yemen’s Houthis release video of drone attack on oil tanker in Red Sea

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels released footage on October 3 showing an uncrewed surface vessel, or drone boat, striking a ship they described as a “British” oil tanker, the Cordelia Moon, in the Red Sea two days earlier on October 1. Read More …

Red Sea: Drone boat hits merchant ship off the coast of Hodeidah puncturing ballast tank

Yemen’s Houthi rebels appear to have hit another merchant vessel in a multi-domain, multiple-attempt attack, according to the Royal Navy’s UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). At about 0140 hours GMT, UKMTO received a security report from an unnamed vessel about Read More …

Yemen’s Houthi forces claim latest attack against Israeli-linked tanker in Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi-allied armed forces announced yesterday claimed responsibility for an operation against an Israeli-linked ship ‘Blue Lagoon I’ in the Red Sea in the latest of such attacks in solidarity with Palestine. The operation was conducted by Yemen’s missile, naval Read More …

Red Sea: Greek oil tanker on fire and adrift after multiple attacks of Hodeidah

A crew of 25 has been rescued from a Greek-flagged oil tanker after it caught fire after multiple attacks in the Red Sea. The Sounion was attacked by more than a dozen people on two small boats who fired multiple Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis claim first attack on container ship in two weeks

Yemen’s Houthi armed group says it has targeted a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden, claiming its first attack on shipping since Israel carried out an air strike in the port city of Hodeidah on July 20. Houthi Read More …

Red Sea: Ship Security Team Appears To Detonate Explosive-Laden Houthi Drone Boat With Gunfire

As the Houthi uncrewed surface vessel (USV) steadily approached the Liberian-flagged container ship Pumba in the Red Sea, its security crew fired about two dozen shots in about 14 seconds from their Steyr rifles. Video emerging from that encounter showed Read More …

Red Sea ship suffers ‘minor’ damage after Houthi attack

A ship in the Red Sea sustained minor damage on Saturday after being targeted by a drone and explosive-laden drone boat and a missile thought to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia, a UK maritime agency said. This is Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis target 3 ships in Red, Mediterranean Seas

Yemen’s Houthi group announced Monday that it attacked three ships in the Red and Mediterranean Seas for breaching its embargo on vessels entering Israeli ports. In a statement, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group’s fighters targeted the “BENTLEY Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis claim they have attacked 166 ships since November

Yemen’s Houthi group said Thursday that it has targeted 166 ships associated with Israel, the US and the UK since last November. In a televised speech, Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said his group carried out 10 drone and missile attacks Read More …

The Indispensable Ingredient for Victory: Defeating Sea Mines

At no time since the end of World War II have so many nations fielded blue water navies that have roamed the globe. Navies from Australia, China, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have regional and worldwide Read More …