The Iran-aligned Houthis have waded into the conflict – which has spread around the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7 – attacking vessels in vital shipping lanes …
A U.S. Navy destroyer is helping a Norwegian-operated oil tanker after it was struck by a cruise missile launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.
The US military has confirmed the missile was launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen as the tanker passed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. A Houthi spokesman later claimed responsibility for the attack.
Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a missile strike on a Norwegian-flagged tanker, an attack the Iran-backed group said was part of its military campaign against Israel.
The assault on the Norwegian-flagged tanker expands a campaign by the Iranian-backed rebels into apparently now striking ships that have no clear ties to Israel.
Yemen's Houthi movement struck a Norwegian oil and chemical tanker with a rocket on Monday in its latest attack to protest Israel's military operations in Gaza.
The strike is the latest in a series of attacks against commercial shipping in the Red Sea that the Yemeni rebels have linked to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
Iran-backed rebels hit a Norwegian-owned chemical tanker with a cruise missile, but the ship had no clear connection to Israel, signaling the Houthis may be widening the aperture of their attacks.
