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”.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
    37·
    10 months ago

    Yeah coverage. Demonstrations. Western governments don’t care until they are losing money.

    It’s like this place is filled with people that thought Jim Crow laws got ended because Rosa Parker sat on the back of a bus and MLK gave a cool speech.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      31·
      10 months ago

      There were demonstrations too. Western governments don’t give a shit about losing money. Look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They care about getting re-elected. And right now the Houthis are giving them a bloody rag to wave at the electorate.

      The only way this is helping is if you want to see the entire global economy crash.

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
        14·
        10 months ago

        Iraq was one of the least popular wars. America invaded Iraq to steal their oil. Because that made money. They didn’t care about any reelecton.

        Any time farmers start blocking highways or people go on mass strike the government changes their tone.

        Monetary shipping blocks like the Houthi’s are doing right now are probably the least violent and most effective way to go about it. Their alternative is blowing up Saudi’s oil and start a mass regional war.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          22·
          10 months ago

          This isn’t a protest it’s piracy. And this isn’t a commuter highway it’s the logistical route for transferring goods from Asia to Europe.

          Nobody is listening to the people trying to take the entire world hostage. You have the shittiest take on piracy I’ve ever seen.

            • Maggoty@lemmy.world
              21·
              10 months ago

              I must have missed the part where the ANC attempted to block the Suez Canal. In fact it was the reverse. The world boycotted the South African Apartheid regime.

              You know how you don’t get the world to boycott Israel? By demanding it with terrorism.