Suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targets ship in Bab el-Mandeb Strait

On Tuesday, the Houthis said they launched missiles at a US-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden.

A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Wednesday, as authorities acknowledged that the rebels had launched their longest-range attack yet on a US-flagged vessel near the Arabian Sea.