The United States intends to form a naval coalition against Yemen’s
The targeting of another ship in the Red Sea by the Yemeni Ansarullah led the United States to
He suggested forming a naval coalition against the Yemeni army.
According to Reuters, the Danish company MAERSK announced that a Maersk cargo ship was hit by a missile while passing the coast of Yemen on Thursday, December 14, prompting the United States to try for a maritime coalition in the Red Sea. British maritime security firm Ambrey said a Maltese-flagged Bulgarian bulk carrier was alerted in the Arabian Sea near the Yemeni island of Socotra. The team of the US special envoy for Yemen told Reuters on Thursday that Washington wants the broadest possible path. Sea coalition to protect the ships in the Red Sea and to send a message to the Yemeni army that they will not tolerate attacks and the seizure of ships. MAERSK claimed that the Maersk Gibraltar was en route from Salalah in Oman to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia when it was targeted near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. The company also added that the current situation is destabilizing global trade and putting the lives of seafarers at risk.The British Maritime Safety Agency Ambry and UKMTO said the ship, which was traveling through the Bab al-Mandab Strait to Israel, received orders to change course and move towards Yemen and, while ignoring warnings, came under fire. British Maritime Safety said the group that made the request identified themselves as the Yemeni Navy. Earlier on Wednesday, sources said Marines said that an oil tanker was also targeted by armed men and speedboats. In this regard, the spokesman of the Yemeni army, Yahya Saree, announced on the X channel that the Yemeni navy carried out a military operation against a container ship that was moving towards occupied Palestine and targeted it. He added that this operation was carried out when the crew of the ship did not pay attention to the warnings of the Yemeni navy. Yemeni armed forces managed to prevent the passage of several ships towards Israel in the last 48 hours. Yahya Saree stated, “The Yemeni army has committed to prevent the movement of ships going to Israel until enough food and medicine are allowed to enter our steadfast brothers who need it. While the regime’s widespread attacks Zionism continues strongly, and there is still a risk of the war spreading in the region and the entry of new actors into the war and new equations.
