The Houthis have launched renewed attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea after several months of calm. Two attacks resulted in the sinking of a Greek-owned cargo ship and fatalities among crew members. The European Union's Operation Aspides attributed the deadly assault on the Eternity C to the Houthis, who employed speedboats and drones. The US Embassy in Yemen condemned the attacks as the rebels' most violent to date. These events could escalate tensions in the region and might involve US military forces again.
The Houthis have restarted their Red Sea attacks after months of relative calm, with two fresh assaults that sank a commercial vessel and killed several crew members on another ship.
Operation Aspides, the European Union's defensive counter-Houthi mission, blamed the rebels for an attack on Monday against the Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned cargo vessel.
The attack killed three crew members and injured at least two others, and left the Eternity adrift in the Red Sea, marking the Houthis' first deadly assault on shipping this year.
The US Embassy in Yemen, operating out of Saudi Arabia, labeled the attack the rebels' 'most violent attack to date' and noted a blatant disregard for human life.
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