The Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Aden, serves as a crucial channel for international trade. The Red Sea typically handles 12% of global shipping, including important oil shipments and business products, for example.
Houthi forces seized Galaxy Leader, a British-owned, Japanese-operated vehicle carrier, off the Hodeidah coast on November 19, 2023, when the Red Sea attacks first started. The ship was held for more than a year while the 25-person crew was in custody.
The Houthis stated that they would continue fighting until Israel’s occupation of Gaza was over, and that they were acting in solidarity with Palestinians.
More than 100 attacks have been carried out by the Houthis in the Red Sea, including missile, drone, and boat raids, on Israel-linked commercial vessels as well as US and UK military ships. Two ships were sunk and one was taken as a result of the attacks.
These locations are some of the ones on the map below.
Devastation experienced by Yemen over the past ten years
Yemen is currently living in severe poverty as a result of the war.
The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, hold control of Sanaa and the internationally acclaimed Yemeni government, which has control over the south and east, with Aden as its capital.
Yemen has been devastated by the country’s civil war since 2015, which was started by a Saudi-led coalition on the government’s side.
18.2 million people require humanitarian aid, while 4.5 million have been displaced. Nearly five million people are suffering from acute food insecurity, according to the UN Refugee Agency, which is at its highest level.
Source: Aljazeera
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