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Anonymous ID: 69147c June 1, 2024, 2:02 p.m. No.20952358   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2418 >>2500 >>2507 >>2686 >>2796 >>2928 >>2998

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Bulker damaged near Yemen by two missile attacks, security sources say

The ship hit was not a US aircraft carrier.

It was a bulk carrier ship carrying a cargo of grain to Iran.

Vessel is registered in the Marshall Islands.

 

DUBAI/CAIRO, May 28 (Reuters) - A bulk carrier already taking on water after a Houthi missile attack off the coast of Yemen on Tuesday has reported further damage from a second strike, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Tuesday.

Maritime security and shipping sources earlier in day identified vessel as the Marshall Islands-flagged Laax.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks in the Red Sea region since November in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians. They since have expanded to the Indian Ocean.

The Houthis have sunk one ship, seized another vessel, killed two crew members and disrupted global shipping by forcing vessels to avoid the nearby Suez Canal and reroute trade around Africa.

Crew members involved in Tuesday's attacks are safe and their vessel is proceeding to its next port of call, the UK maritime security body said in the updated incident report. The ship's next scheduled port of call was in the United Arab Emirates.

The additional damage occurred 33 nautical miles northwest of Al Mukha, Yemen, the report said.

The Laax issued a distress call earlier on Tuesday, saying it had sustained damage to the cargo hold and was taking on water about 54 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, British security firm Ambrey said.

Greek shipping sources said the Laax was sailing to a port nearby to assess the extent of the damage. Reuters was not immediately able to determine if that was in the UAE.

Its Greece-based operator Grehel Ship Management did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/vessel-tilts-off-yemens-coast-after-attack-by-missiles-ambrey-says-2024-05-28/

Anonymous ID: 69147c June 1, 2024, 2:08 p.m. No.20952379   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2404 >>2418 >>2423 >>2467 >>2507 >>2686 >>2796 >>2928 >>2998

US officials say they're not aware of any attack on Eisenhower aircraft carrier after Houthi leader claims group's missile strike was 'accurate and direct'

U.S. defense officials have said they are not aware of any attacks on USS Eisenhower after Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed to have launched a barrage of missiles at the aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.

Houthi general Yahya Saree said the attack was in retaliation against 'American-British aggression' - airstrikes overnight which killed 16 people and wounded 41 others, including civilians, according to the group.

Winged and ballistic missiles were used in the attack on the US warship, the military spokesperson said without providing evidence, adding that 'the hits were accurate and direct'.

He warned that the rebels would 'meet escalation with escalation', and vowed that their forces would 'not hesitate to respond directly and immediately' to 'all hostile American and British targets in the Red and Arabian Seas.'

The U.S. and British militaries said they launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday to deter the militant group from further disrupting shipping in the Red Sea.

The U.S. Central Command said coalition forces had hit 13 targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13480469/Houthi-rebels-USS-EISENHOWER-ATTACK.html