The Rubymar ship, loaded with thousands of tons of fertilizer, has sunk in the Red Sea after suffering a missile attack in mid-February by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the internationally recognized Yemeni government reported this Saturday.
The ship, owned by Britain and flying the Belize flag, sank on Friday night due to “meteorological factors and strong winds,” the crisis cell managing the sinking of the ship said in a statement reproduced by the official Yemeni news agency Saba. .
The sinking “will cause an environmental disaster in Yemeni territorial waters and the Red Sea,” says the press release distributed while the crisis cabinet regrets that the international community “has not responded to the Government’s calls to avoid the disaster.” “after the ship was abandoned and semi-sunken for almost two weeks.
Likewise, the insurgents have also launched several volleys of missiles against other cargo ships operated by the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as warships of these two countries, against whom the Houthis declared an “open war” after they began a campaign of bombings in Yemen in mid-January.
At the same time, the rebels have also launched ballistic missiles and drones against the port town of Eilat, in southern Israel, although the vast majority of these attacks have been intercepted and have failed to reach Israeli territory.
The Houthis defend that these actions are aimed at supporting the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, while the internationally recognized Government of Yemen denounces that they only serve their propaganda and recruitment interests.
