Source: Associated Press
“Yemen’s Houthi rebels [sic] attacked a Liberian-flagged chemical tanker on Thursday in the Red Sea, authorities said. The attack comes as the [Houthis] continue to threaten ships moving through the Red Sea, a waterway that once saw $1 trillion in goods move through it a year, over the ongoing conflicts in the Mideast stemming from the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. The Olympic Spirit tanker in the Red Sea had been skirting the coast of East Africa when it found itself struck first by a projectile that damaged the vessel, but sparked no fire and caused no injuries, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said.” (10/10/24)