Houthis Vow to Target ‘All’ Israel-Linked Ships in Reach as Think Tank Warns of Naval Drone Threat

The Yemeni militia’s campaign of missile and drone attacks targeting merchant vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas has brought many countries' shipping through the strategic chokepoint to a standstill, with shipbroker Clarksons calculating in April that commercial tonnage in the Gulf of Aden area had dropped by 69 percent since December.