Houthis attack Bab al-Mandeb again, 4 killed

12 August, 2026, 12:30 pm

Last modified: 12 August, 2026, 12:31 pm

Houthis attack Bab al-Mandeb again, 4 killed

12 August, 2026, 12:30 pm

Last modified: 12 August, 2026, 12:31 pm

Talks to end the Iran-US war have once again become uncertain. In the meantime, two separate attacks on the sea route occurred on August 11. Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthis attacked an Egyptian-owned cargo ship named 'Tihamah' in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait of the Red Sea. It killed three Pakistani and one Indonesian sailors.

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