The international economy has a problem in the Red Sea that, far from being solved, is getting worse. The United States has assured this morning that it has shot down 21 drones and three missiles in a “complex attack” by Yemen’s Houthi rebels against commercial vessels passing off their coasts. He did it with British collaboration.
It is the 26th and most important attack since the insurgents began their offensive against Israeli-linked vessels in the key Red Sea trade route since they hijacked a merchant ship, the Galaxy Leader, bound from Turkey to India and ultimately Instance it was owned by an Israeli company, although operated by a Japanese one. The Houthis indicate that they will do so against all ships heading to Israel or related to Israel until the Gaza war ends.
“The Iran-backed Houthis launched a complex attack using one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles designed by Iran,” the US central command explained this morning. There is no damage or injuries, according to his statement.
These would be anti-ship cruise missiles and an anti-ship ballistic missile launched from areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis. They were responded to by fighter jets from the US aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, three US destroyers and a British warship, HMS Diamond.
The United Nations Security Council will vote today on a draft resolution presented by the United States that condemns the attacks on merchant marines in the Red Sea – through which nearly 15% of world trade circulates – and demands their immediate end and the release of the Galaxy Leader and his crew. So far the attacks have already caused a good part of the shipping companies to avoid passing through the area and have tripled the costs of maritime transport of goods.
Meanwhile, the British Defense Minister announced on Tuesday that another frigate, the HMS Richmond, was heading to the Red Sea to counter Houthi “attacks.”
As this newspaper published yesterday, the United States also insists that Spain join the military mission against the Houthis in the Red Sea, a topic that the leaders of the American and Spanish armies discussed in a call.
This new incident occurs in the midst of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s tour to the Middle East in order to seek support to prevent the expansion of the war in the Gaza Strip to the region.
