SUBSCRIBER+ INTERVIEW — Virtually from the primary volley fired final fall by Houthi rebels at vessels within the Purple Sea, the group has stunned observers with its outsized affect as a destabilizing power within the area. The truth that the Houthis joined different Iran-backed proxies in lashing out in response to Israel’s struggle in Gaza was anticipated; the size of their affect was not. And whereas the Houthis – a political motion and a closely armed militia group based mostly in Yemen – stated they had been preventing in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, their strikes have executed little to punish Israel and far to wreck international commerce.
Between November 2023 and March 2024, the Houthis attacked industrial and naval vessels within the Purple Sea greater than 60 instances. On February 18, Houthis launched missiles and a submarine drone on the British-owned, Belize-flagged ship Rubymar. The crew deserted the vessel, which sank 11 days later, making it the primary ship attacked by the Houthis to be deserted and sunk. On March 6, a Houthi missile hit the Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned True Confidence. Three crew members had been killed, making it the primary deadly assault within the Houthis’ marketing campaign.
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