Vessel hit 60 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen in the latest reported attack by movement.

An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.

US officials told the BBC’s US partner CBS the tanker was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile and a naval ship was responding to its distress signal.

There were no injuries reported, the US officials said.

Houthi military spokesman Yaha Sarea said the group used “a number of appropriate naval missiles” and Friday’s strike was “direct”.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
    1223·
    8 months ago

    At one point IIRC they said they were only attacking ships en route to Israel proper but that’s clearly long gone.

    They did at the start. Ships attacked all had israeli ownership or stops planned in israel. Then America and Britain decided to put together a cool group with a cool name to bomb Yemen with and now British and American ships are barred from passing too so that’s going great.

    Realistically it’s Iran, maybe Russia, and likely SA providing the resources and “gentle direction” to a puppet because they want, and NEED, the oil markets to go haywire again. They’re suddenly missing that sweet hit of wartime profiteering from insane price gouging, it’s like heroin to their economies.

    You think there’s a genocide going on somewhere maybe? Or is Iran just making that one up too?

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      15·
      8 months ago

      You think there’s a genocide going on somewhere maybe? Or is Iran just making that one up too?

      I didn’t say that there’s not a genocide, thanks for putting those words in my mouth for me. Fuck Netanyahu. I’m saying that the region’s usual suspects aren’t letting a good crisis go to waste to line their own pockets by promoting and funding further escalation. Iran et al. thrive on the dark markets, and the dark markets thrive during times of instability.

    • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world
      116·
      8 months ago

      If it was really about stopping genocide then the anti Ukrainian Russians and the anti Uygur Chinese wouldn’t be allowed through either.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          74·
          8 months ago

          By striking a Marshall Islands ship going from Greece to Singapore, owned by an MNC.

          Are you really going to try and sell that as somehow stopping Israel?

          • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
            46·
            8 months ago

            I’m not generally saying the Houthis actions are 100% correct, they absolutely should be exercising more discretion, but this is a British oil tanker, and British and American ships have been on the no-go list since they started bombing Yemen. Again they should be exercising more discretion, but they absolutely have the right to tell the UK to fuck off.

          • kurwa@lemmy.world
            62·
            8 months ago

            What does that even mean? Palestine has been occupied for 70 years. And these recent events have greatly increased death and destruction with Gaza / the Palestinian population.

            Of course people would care more about people in their region.

          • deft@lemmy.wtf
            23·
            8 months ago

            shut up at this level everything is money. anything else is a tool to win and get money.

            if it’s about race that’s simply convenient for those who actually can change it. they want money

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
        410·
        8 months ago

        Israel has killed 2.5 times as many civilians as Russia in 1/4 the time on a population 25 times smaller.

        Israel is like 10000% more genocidal than Russia.

        And no Russia is not good, and Ukraine has the right to defend itself.