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A Red Sea ship has fired warning shots at an unidentified craft after it began circling the larger vessel off the coast of Yemen in the latest incident in the region.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organization early on Tuesday received a report of the small craft circling in the Red Sea about 57 nautical miles northwest of Eritrea's Assab.

The incident took place just north of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, where Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been attacking commercial ships heading northwards toward Israel.

The vessel and its crew fired warning shots at the small craft, which eventually disappeared, before they returned to a nearby port, according to the UKMTO.

Various shipping lines have been forced to suspend operations through the Bab al-Mandab Strait following months of attacks by Houthi rebels, instead taking the longer journey around Africa.

On Monday, the Houthi movement said that it would expand its targets in the Red Sea region to include US ships after US and British struck its military sites in western Yemen.

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Show latest update 1 hour ago UKMTO reports incident offshore Eritrea's Assab, authorities investigating

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organization early on Tuesday received a report of a small craft circling a vessel in the Red Sea about 57 nautical miles northwest of Eritrea’s Assab.

Vessel and crew were reported safe and are proceeding to their next port after security personnel on the ship “fired warning shots and small craft departed,” UKMTO said in an advisory note.

Yemen‘s Iranian-backed Houthi militants have stepped up attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. Various shipping lines have suspended operations, instead taking the longer journey around Africa.

The Houthi movement will expand its targets in the Red Sea region to include U.S. ships, an official from the Iran-allied group said on Monday, as it vowed to keep up attacks after U.S. and British strikes on its sites in Yemen.

Tom Watling 16 January 2024 08:27

6 minutes ago Qatari PM: US/British attacks will not contain Yemen's Houthis without diplomatic efforts

US and British military strikes will not contain the attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea without diplomatic efforts, Qatar’s prime minister said on Tuesday during the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos.

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said Qatar believes that defusing the conflict in Gaza will stop the escalation on other fronts, adding that the current regional situation is a “recipe for escalation everywhere”.

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks during a session of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum

(AFP via Getty Images)

Tom Watling 16 January 2024 09:31

32 minutes ago Why are Britain and US attacking Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels?

The US and the UK have carried out military strikes with aircraft, ships and missiles against targets linked to the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The attacks came after the Houthis launched their largest attack yet on Red Sea shipping, one of 27 such assaults since 19 November.

Officials said that 21 missiles and drones were fired at warships and commercial vessels near the Bab al-Mandab Strait early last week, the southern bottleneck of the Red Sea, with US and UK warships blowing them out of the sky.

Why are Britain and US attacking Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels? US and UK militaries have launched strikes on Yemen-based militant group which has been targeting commercial vessels and warships in the Red Sea

Tom Watling 16 January 2024 09:05

1 hour ago Who are Yemen’s Houthis? The Iran-backed rebels attacking ships in the Red Sea

Tensions in the Middle East have risen after Iranian-backed Houthi rebels began striking at ships passing through the Red Sea in December.

The Islamist group claims it began striking a narrow strip of sea between Yemen and east Africa, which is a key international trade route, in a bid to end Israel’s air and ground offensive against Hamas.

In retaliation, Britain and the US launched air strikes across Yemen against Houthi forces. President Joe Biden called the strikes a “direct response” to an onslaught of attacks on Red Sea ships which “jeopardised trade, and threatened freedom of navigation”.

Mr Sunak said the action was “necessary and proportionate”.

Who are Yemen’s Houthis? The Iran-backed rebels attacking ships in the Red Sea Yemen’s Shia Houthis are part of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ dedicated to the destruction of Israel

Tom Watling 16 January 2024 07:47

2 hours ago A timeline of the Houthi attacks that led to US and UK airstrikes

US and British forces launched airstrikes against dozens of targets across Yemen on January 11 in retaliation for months of attacks by the country’s Houthi movement on commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea.

Those attacks, launched by the Iran-backed group in response to Israel’s war in Gaza, have wrought havoc on international shipping and drawn the US and its allies into a regional conflict.

The Pentagon said 60 targets were hit using more than 150 precision-guided munitions.

A timeline of the Houthi attacks that led to US and UK airstrikes The US and Britain launched airstrikes against dozens of targets in response to attacks on shipping in the Red Sea

Tom Watling 16 January 2024 07:20

3 hours ago Will the clash with the Houthi rebels lead to global conflict?

Would the US and the UK be prepared to put boots on the ground in Yemen (as Boris Johnson proposed)?

Will a prolonged air campaign be enough to paralyse the Iran-backed Houthis? T

here are many difficult questions left to answer over the Middle East’s latest hotspot, warns Kim Sengupta.

Will the clash with the Houthi rebels lead to global conflict? Would the US and the UK be prepared to put boots on the ground in Yemen (as Boris Johnson proposed)? Will a prolonged air campaign be enough to paralyse the Iran-backed Houthis? There are many difficult questions left to answer over the Middle East’s latest hotspot, warns Kim Sengupta

Barney Davis 16 January 2024 06:25

3 hours ago Houthi rebels vow to expand attacks on US and UK vessels in Red Sea

The Yemeni Houthi movement will expand its targets to include US ships, an official from the Iran-allied group said on Monday.

“The ship doesn’t necessarily have to be heading to Israel for us to target it; it is enough for it to be American,” Nasruldeen Amer, a spokesperson for the Houthis, told Al Jazeera.

“The United States is on the verge of losing its maritime security.”

Mr Amer also said British and American ships had become “legitimate targets” due to the strikes launched by the two countries on Yemen last week.

Attacks on ships since October by the Houthis, who say they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians, have hit commerce and alarmed major powers in a regional escalation of Israel’s more than three-month war with Hamas militants in Gaza.

Shweta Sharma 16 January 2024 06:16

4 hours ago Hizb ut-Tahrir should be branded terrorist organisation - Home Sec

The international Islamist political group Hizb ut-Tahrir should be banned as a terrorist organisation, the Home Secretary said, as he branded it “antisemitic” and warned it “promotes and encourages terrorism”.

James Cleverly’s proposal will be debated in Parliament this week and, if approved, the ban would come into force on Friday making Hizb ut-Tahrir the 80th organisation to be proscribed in the UK.

Founded in 1953, Hizb ut-Tahrir is a pan-Islamic fundamentalist group which has been banned in several Arab and Asian countries, including China, as well as in Germany. Austria banned symbols of the group in 2021.

With headquarters in Lebanon, the group also operates in at least 32 countries including the UK, United States, Canada and Australia, with a “long-term goal of establishing a Caliphate ruled under Islamic law”, the Home Office said.

Mr Cleverly said: “Hizb ut-Tahrir is an antisemitic organisation that actively promotes and encourages terrorism, including praising and celebrating the appalling October 7 attacks.

“Proscribing this terrorist group will ensure that anyone who belongs to and invites supports for them will face consequences. It will curb Hizb ut-Tahrir’s ability to operate as it currently does.”

The group had described Hamas as “heroes” – which “constitutes promoting and encouraging terrorism” – and has a “history of praising and celebrating attacks against Israel and attacks against Jews more widely”, the Home Office said.

Footage showed several men shouting ‘jihad’ at the march organised by Hizb ut-Tahrir

(screengrab)

Barney Davis 16 January 2024 05:27

5 hours ago Houthis say UK and US ships legitimate targets after strikes

Houthi rebels said they would expand their targets to include US and British ships as an anti-ship ballistic missile struck a US container ship about 100 miles off the Gulf of Aden, the US military confirmed.

The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, later claimed by the Houthis, further escalates tensions gripping the Red Sea after American-led strikes on the rebels.

British and American ships had become “legitimate targets”, Nasruldeen Amer, a spokesman for the Houthis, told Al Jazeera on Monday evening.

“The ship doesn’t necessarily have to be heading to Israel for us to target it, it is enough for it to be American,” said Mr Amer.

“The United States is on the verge of losing its maritime security.”

The Houthis have previously said they would only target Israeli ships or those en route to Israel.

Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the U.S. and the U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa

(AP)

Barney Davis 16 January 2024 04:27

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