Norwegian-owned chemical tanker Strinda, owned by Bergen-based shipping company A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, has been attacked by a missile coming from a Yemen controlled area and hit the ship 60 miles north of the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea.
The United States Navy’s USS Mason, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has responded to an emergency call and was in sight of the burning tanker.
Yemen’s Ansar Allah freedom movement is ready to allow vessels of all countries pass through the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea except those ships that are related to Israel.
Yemen’s armed forces reaffirm their commitment to continue global trade traffic through the Red and Arabian seas for all vessels and all countries except the ships related to Israel or those that will ship weapon cargo’s to Israel’s ports.
Yemen would prohibit all vessels going to Israel if the Gaza Strip did not receive food and medical supplies.
Since October, the Yemen has conducted multiple missile and drone attacks threatening military infrastructure in Israel and hostile commercial shipping operating in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The attacks have been carried out amid the current hostilities in the Gaza Strip between Palestinians and Israel that have left 1,200 people dead in Israel and 17,700 civilians assassinated in Gaza.
Sputnik / ABC Flash Point News 2023.
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