LONDON / ANKARA (AA) – Houthi attacks on Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea have caused a significant decline in vessel tonnages and grain flows. Wheat flow through the Red Sea has especially been affected as shipping companies are forced to avoid the Suez Canal and reroute around the Cape of Good Hope, at the […]
Beijing, China – AFP China has called for an end to “harassment” of civilian vessels in the Red Sea after attacks on ships by Houthis in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Houthi attacks on vessels in and around the Red Sea have led to retaliatory strikes in Yemen by US and British forces. Some shipping […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – AFP Iran-backed Houthis said Wednesday they attacked a US ship with a drone off Yemen, hours after the United States put the group back on a list of “terrorist” entities. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) security agency said a drone hit a vessel in the Gulf of Aden, […]
LONDON (AA) – The container and dry cargo ship traffic through the Red Sea has shown a significant decline as shipping companies are forced to suspend their voyages through this route or divert it to the Cape of Good Hope. While daily container vessel traffic through the Red Sea halved in January 1-10 compared to […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has accused Ethiopia’s government of planning an attack on Somali waters and targeting Arab countries bordering the Red Sea. Addressing the Arab League emergency meeting virtually from the capital Mogadishu, Barre said Addis Ababa intends to create a new demographic reality...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Gaza media office said Tuesday morning that Israeli strikes had killed another 78 people overnight. Meanwhile, Israel has said its war in southern Gaza will soon enter a less intensive phase. More than 100 days into the war, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under intense internati...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has expressed deep concern about military strikes by US-led allied forces in the Red Sea and Yemen, warning that if the international community fails to act immediately to halt armed actions in the region, Israel’s war on Gaza could spread throughout the Middle East. The country’s Foreign Ministry in a statement [&h...
The US and UK’s strikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis rebels, aimed at stopping their attacks on Red Sea shipping, were designed to send a “very strong message” to Tehran, says Melanie Garson, Associate Professor in International Conflict Resolution at University College London. “In the absence of having been det...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Voicing concern over rising tensions in the Red Sea, China has called on “all relevant parties” to avoid a further escalation of conflicts in the region. Beijing said the parties should “remain calm and exercise restraint,” daily Global Times reported. The US and UK carried out airstrikes on multiple targets inside Yemen ...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain will not participate in international missions to protect Red Sea shipping vessels from Houthi attacks, Defense Minister Margarita Robles has said. “Spain’s position, out of a sense of responsibility and commitment to peace, is not to intervene in the Red Sea,” she told the media. Robles added that Spain’s naval [&he...
