As tensions in the region’s water channels interrupted global trade, the Indian Navy announced on Thursday that it had saved the crew of a U.S.-owned vessel in the Gulf of Aden following an attack by Yemen’s Houthi movement.
The US military said that its forces had struck 14 Houthi missiles that “presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and US Navy ships in the region” after the attack on US Genco Picardy late on Wednesday.
Since November, the Houthi militia has been attacking ships in the Red Sea and surrounding waters, slowing down trade between Asia and Europe and frightening global powers to escalate the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza.
In reaction to US and British strikes on the group’s positions, the Houthis have threatened to hit US ships, claiming they are behaving in sympathy with Palestinians.
India claimed to have redirected a nearby warship to save the nine Indians among the 22 crew members on the Genco Picardy. The ship’s fire had been put out, and everyone on board was safe.
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