A ship got here underneath assault Sunday (July 6, 2025) in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen by armed males firing weapons and launching rocket-propelled grenades, a gaggle overseen by the British army mentioned.
No one instantly claimed accountability for the assault, which comes as tensions stay excessive in the West Asia over the Israel-Hamas struggle and after the Iran-Israel struggle and airstrikes by the United States concentrating on Iranian nuclear websites.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre mentioned that an armed safety group on the ship had returned fireplace and that the “situation is ongoing.” “Authorities are investigating,” it mentioned.
Ambrey, a maritime safety agency, issued a warning saying {that a} service provider ship had been “attacked by eight skiffs while transiting northbound in the Red Sea.” It mentioned it believed the assault was ongoing.
The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based fifth Fleet referred inquiries to the army’s Central Command, which didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have been launching missile and drone assaults towards business and army ships in the area in what the group’s management has described as an effort to finish Israel’s offensive towards Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Between November 2023 and January 2025, the Houthis focused greater than 100 service provider vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing 4 sailors. That has drastically lowered the circulation of commerce by means of the Red Sea hall, which generally sees $1 trillion of products transfer by means of it yearly.
The Houthis paused assaults in a self-imposed ceasefire till the US launched a broad assault towards the rebels in mid-March. That ended weeks later and the Houthis haven’t attacked a vessel, although they’ve continued occasional missile assaults concentrating on Israel.
Meanwhile, a wider, decadelong struggle in Yemen between the Houthis and the nation’s exiled authorities, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, stays in a stalemate.
Pirates from Somalia even have operated in the area, although usually they’ve sought to seize vessels both to rob or ransom their crews.
