A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a commercial ship traveling through the southern reaches of the Red Sea, though it caused no damage nor injuries.

The incident nevertheless highlighted the Yemeni rebels’ undiminished capacity to strike out against their perceived enemies at sea — almost to the day of the anniversary of their first attack on commercial shipping on 19 November 2023, when the 5,100-ceu Galaxy Leader (built 2002) was hijacked and its crew abducted.

Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted two San Diego-based destroyers with multiple drones and missiles as they were traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea, but the attacks were not successful,

Clarksons Research has tracked even more vessels avoiding the Red Sea in October due to Houthi attacks. The figures were released just as the Yemeni militia began to target vessels again after a quieter period.

Houthi forces attacked two American destroyers with drones and missiles as the ships transited the Bab el-Mandeb Strait entering the Gulf of Aden on Monday, a Pentagon spokesman said today. The Houthis launched at least eight one-way uncrewed aerial systems,

The San Diego-based destroyers USS Spruance and USS Stockdale on Monday repelled missile and drone attacks launched against the warships by Iran-backed Houthis during an incident in the Red Sea, according to the Pentagon.

U.S. fighter jets carried out an attack on Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. The Houthis launched a barrage of at least eight drones, five anti-ship ballistic missiles, and three cruise missiles,