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”.

  • kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social
    3·
    8 months ago

    Surprising as it seems, not all problems can be fixed with bombs.

    Yes and other problems cannot be solved through bargaining or appeasement, sometimes such an approach only exacerbates the situation.

    • Hegar@kbin.social
      11·
      8 months ago

      Appeasement? They’re not demanding Poland. There are no real demands to appease.

      The closest thing to a ‘demand’ is for Israel to stop killing Palestinians. I doubt that’s really the issue, but if stopping war crimes in Gaza is appeasement, let’s try appeasement!

      Jokes aside, we know bombing won’t solve this. Maybe bargaining won’t, maybe diplomacy won’t, maybe developing new regional security arrangements won’t, maybe exerting pressure on regional allies won’t.

      But as painful as it may be for our arms manufacturers, we’re going to have to try something other than more bombing.