Houthi attack kills six in first death in Red Sea since Iran war began
The navigation bridge of a sunken vessel is all that is seen at the surface of the water in the Port of Mokha the day after an attack by the Houthis on the city Mokha, held by Yemen’s internationally recognised, Aden-based government on August 10, 2026. Khaled Ziad | Afp | Getty Images Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed six people aboard a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, the first reported fatalities from attacks targeting Red Sea shipping in more than a year. Within hours, U.S. forces said they had fired missiles at a container ship that allegedly attempted to breach Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports in the Gulf of Oman. The twin incidents illustrate how the Iran war, now in its sixth month, is inflicting a widening toll on two of the world’s most critical shipping lanes. And even as diplomats offer vague signs of progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz, hostilities between the U.S. and Iran appear to be on the rise. President Donald Trump, in an aggressively hostile Truth …
