There were more Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping in June than any other month of this year, Middle East Eye reported Wednesday, citing data from the UK’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).
According to the UKMTO, there were 16 confirmed Houthi attacks on shipping in June. Only December of 2023 saw more attacks since the campaign started in response to Israel’s onslaught in Gaza.
The numbers demonstrate that the bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen that was launched by the US and the UK has done nothing to deter the Houthis, who are officially known as Ansar Allah.
The US military continues to intercept Houthi missiles and drones over the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and launch strikes in Yemen, which has cost the US over $1 billion. According to the commander of the US Navy destroyer USS Carney, which recently returned home from a Red Sea deployment, the campaign has been the largest US naval battle since World War II.
The Houthis have been clear the only way they’ll stop their attacks on Israel-linked and other commercial shipping is if there’s a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli siege. Tim Lenderking, the US’s envoy to Yemen, has acknowledged the Houthis would likely be true to their word, but the US continues to support Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza instead of pushing for a unilateral ceasefire.
It was clear from the start that a new bombing campaign against the Houthis would only escalate the situation. The US backed a brutal Saudi/UAE war against the Houthis from 2015-2022 that involved heavy airstrikes and a blockade, and the Houthis only became more of a capable fighting force during that time.
The war killed at least 377,000 people, with more than half dying of starvation and disease caused by the siege. A ceasefire between the Houthis and Saudis has held relatively well since April 2022, but new US sanctions are now blocking the implementation of a lasting peace deal.
It was equal parts amusing and appalling when Biden said that the air strikes were not having any effect, but that they would continue anyway. What is the point then? Oh, yeah, cause death and misery and sell more munitions. That's right.
Most significant is the Yemeni blockade has been extended to the West Coast of the Levant. It’s a loose blockade but even this loose blockade seems effective. Traffic around Haifa and Ashdod has decidedly fallen.
BTW Port of Elist filed for bankruptcy
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https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:35.0/centery:32.1/zoom:7
Thanks… Looks like the world is finally turning the corner against Israeli and US genocidal imperialism… It's the Port of Eiliat that is in financial trouble;
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/eilat-port-ceo-signals-mayday-for-financial-support-amid-shi
All the Likud needs to do is stop genociding and the naval blockade is lifted
Well, karma is back to hunt the Yanks…!
The underground warfare has worked for Hamas… It's working for Hezbollah and it would continue to work for Houthis…! The Three Capital-H resistance…!
Wait until Putin sends P-800 Oniks supersonic antiship missiles to Ansarallah.
A US aircraft carrier could go to the bottom.
As an aside, some people have been saying Putin may transfer "hypersonic" missiles such as the Zircon. I doubt that. Zircon is new technology and while Russia might share that with China, I doubt they'll give it to a Third World country. Oniks are not hypersonic, they are supersonic. Supersonic is faster than the speed of sound – Oniks are about 2.5 times speed of sound. Hypersonic is relegated to 5-10 times (Andrei Martyanov can correct me if I'm wrong on that.) Nevertheless, Oniks are capable of sinking most US naval vessels, and damaging a carrier badly even with a non-nuclear load.
There's also a report – not confirmed by Russia – that Hezbollah has acquired some of these from either Syria or Iran. If the US Navy involves itself in a war in Lebanon, they could find out.
I don't know why he would do that, does he think killing a few hundred US sailors would help his situation? Or alternatively the Russian wonder weapons have so far been duds for the most part. Does he want to expose this weapon too as a dud? On balance it looks like more negatives than positives for such a move
What has happened to the shipping traffic through the Suez, which is the point of the whole operation. I have read that traffic is down by 80%. So, Houthis are "winning".
What a great plan. Hurt the economy of Egypt. What can go wrong with that plan?