Red Sea

Sanaa, Sep 3 (IANS) Yemen's armed Houthi group claimed responsibility for attacking the Panama-flagged "BLUE LAGOON I" oil ship in the Red Sea. "We carried out a qualitative military operation targeting the ship, BLUE LAGOON I, in the Red Sea, with a number of appropriate missiles and drones, and it was directly hit," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said on Monday in a statement aired by Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV. He said that the ship was targeted because the company owning it has dealings with Israel, Xinhua news agency reported. According to multiple media reports, "BLUE LAGOON I" is a Greek-owned…

Sanaa, Aug 29 (IANS) Yemen's Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam has said that the group has agreed to permit the rescue operation and towing of a burning oil tanker in the Red Sea. Abdulsalam, who is based in Oman, was quoted by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV as saying on late Wednesday that the decision was made "after negotiations with EU ambassadors in Muscat". According to the Houthi television, flames have engulfed the ship for days amid continuing oil crude leaks, and it would be towed to a port in Eritrea, Xinhua news agency reported. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group has agreed to a…

Paris, Feb 21, The French Navy has shot down two aerial drones from Yemen over the Red Sea where Houthi attacks have targeted international commercial vessels, the French Ministry of the Armed Forces said. "During the night of February 19-20, the French Multi-Mission Frigates detected multiple drone attacks from Yemen in their respective patrol zones in the Gulf of Aden and the southern Red Sea. Two drones were destroyed," said the Ministry on Tuesday in a statement. The French Navy's operation contributed to the objective of the operation launched by the European Union, the statement added. On Monday, Brussels announced…