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
    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.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      53·
      8 months ago

      I’m sorry. But where on that list is the UK? You don’t get to just make shit up.

          • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
            34·
            8 months ago

            Okay I doublechecked and it seems the company doesn’t have anything to do with Britain specifically. I wonder what the Houthis are trying to do here.

            • Maggoty@lemmy.world
              22·
              8 months ago

              I honestly don’t know. It could be a cynical plan, it could be comically bad Intel on their part (this isn’t the first time), it could be a rogue faction, it could be Iranian operatives fucking it all up.

              I’m pretty sure the only people who can knowledgeably answer that question have security clearances.

            • PugJesus@kbin.social
              23·
              8 months ago

              I wonder what the Houthis are trying to do here.

              Golly gee, could it be that an international actor is lying about their motivations?

              No. Only the West is capable of such duplicity!

              Numerous ships with no relation to Israel have been targeted, and this has been mentioned numerous times before. Yet time and time again, people choose to believe the propaganda they prefer over easily verifiable fact.