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”.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
    33·
    7 months ago

    The Yemeni civil war continues, with sectarian groups funded by the Saudis and Iranians bombing each other to shit.

    Is the US not selling weapons to the Saudis? I’d love to see evidence of that.

    • PugJesus@kbin.social
      41·
      7 months ago

      We’re discussing a hypothetical. Please read the conversation before commenting.

        • PugJesus@kbin.social
          41·
          7 months ago

          But how is it a solution to the current problem? I explicitly noted that I’m against the sale of arms to the Saudis - but the question is how does that solve the problem of the Houthis attacking civilian ships?

            • PugJesus@kbin.social
              4·
              7 months ago

              Why don’t you re-read the conversation before defaulting to simping for the “A Curse Upon The Jews” folks.

              How about instead of violence we give the people a comfortable life so they don’t feel compelled to do dumb shit like this?

              Okay. So where does Yemen, which is currently in a civil war, start? And what is our proposed role in helping achieve their comfortable life in the next few months?

              A good start would be to stop selling weapons to the Saudis that then use them to commit genocide in Yemen.