Yemen’s Houthi militias operate far from the borders of their sworn enemy Israel. But in the last week, their efforts to influence the war in Gaza have started to be felt over a wider area.
Attacks — from drones, missiles fired from boats or rockets launched from shore — have escalated on commercial shipping vessels off the coast of Yemen.
This week has proven to be especially dangerous for mariners in the busy shipping lanes near the south end of the Red Sea, at the narrow entrance of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The Galaxy Leader cargo ship, photographed at a Red Sea port in Yemen’s province of
