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Russian Mariner Held After Houthi Red Sea Attack Leaves Yemen for Home

Russian Mariner Held After Houthi Red Sea Attack Leaves Yemen for Home

Published by Sam Flores

April 2 (Reuters) – A Russian mariner ⁠detained ⁠for around eight ⁠months after being on board a ship ​attacked by Yemen’s Houthi militants has left the country for ‌Russia following medical treatment ‌in Sanaa, the Houthi-run foreign ministry said ⁠on ⁠Thursday. The mariner, identified by Russian media as Aleksei Galaktionov, ​was a crew member of a Greek-operated cargo ship that was sunk by the Houthis in July 2025. He ​was wounded in the attack. “The Russian citizen was ⁠transported on ⁠a United Nations aircraft, ⁠in ​coordination with the U.N. envoy,” the foreign ministry said, ​according to the ⁠Houthi-run news agency, adding that his departure was arranged after he had completed treatment. It said the move followed contacts with Russian officials and with counterparts ⁠in Iran. The crew of the ship was released in December, ⁠an official with the ship’s operator and a maritime security source told Reuters. The Iran-aligned Houthis sank the Liberia-flagged Eternity C, which had 22 crew and three armed guards on board, after attacking it with sea drones and rocket-propelled grenades over …

Bab al-Mandab strait: Iran’s Houthi allies enter the conflict, raising fears over key trade route

Bab al-Mandab strait: Iran’s Houthi allies enter the conflict, raising fears over key trade route

Published by Sam Flores

Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel on Monday as Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis carried out their second attack since the start of the US-Israeli war, with the Israeli military saying two drones launched from Yemen were intercepted early on the morning of March 30. The Houthis entered the conflict for the first time two days earlier, firing missiles at Israel on Saturday in an escalation that has raised fears they could also move to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea, sending oil prices – already up more than 50 percent in a month – even higher. Following the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, Iran has repeatedly threatened to target the Bab al-Mandeb strait in the Gulf of Aden, south of the Red Sea. “Insecurity in other straits, including the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea, is one of the options” for resisting US threats, an Iranian military source told Tasnim, an Iranian news agency, on March 21. A response to US threats Iran will broaden its retaliatory measures if the United States or Israel were to launch a ground offensive in the region, Tasnim reported. Military retaliation still appears to be …

Houthi attacks on Israel open new front in Mideast war, threaten Red Sea shipping

Houthi attacks on Israel open new front in Mideast war, threaten Red Sea shipping

Published by Sam Flores

A new actor has stepped into a war already being waged on multiple fronts: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who launched their first missile in months at Israel on Saturday. After the Middle East war broke out, the Houthis had voiced support for their ally in the face of a US-Israeli offensive, refraining from taking part while warning they had their fingers “on the trigger”. On Saturday, they pulled it, announcing they had fired missiles and drones at Israeli military sites. Israel reported detecting a missile launch from Yemen and said it was working to intercept it. Read moreYemen’s Houthis launch ballistic missile at Israel as Middle East conflict escalates The group’s entry into the conflict “marks a serious and deeply concerning escalation”, said Farea Al Muslimi, a research fellow at Chatham House. Houthi involvement risks “widening an already volatile war, with significant implications”, especially for regional stability and global trade, he told AFP. Here are the possible repercussions. An expected move Analysts had long predicted the Houthis – who have controlled large parts of Yemen, …

What could Houthi involvement in the Iran war mean?

What could Houthi involvement in the Iran war mean?

Published by Sam Flores

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the month-old war in the Middle East on Saturday by claiming a missile launch that Israel said it intercepted. The Houthis’ entry could further hurt global shipping if they again target vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Red Sea. FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani brings you this analysis. Keywords for this article Source link

Egypt is reviving Suez Canal commerce after Houthi attacks hurt traffic

Egypt is reviving Suez Canal commerce after Houthi attacks hurt traffic

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ISMAILIA, Egypt — The men in the canal’s control room had their eyes glued to radar screens, monitoring the progress of the precious yellow icons. Down below, on the bank of the Suez Canal, the Amalthea, stacked high with shipping containers, soon came into view, gliding through the placid water on its journey from the Mediterranean toward the Red Sea. Source link