🚢 The main significance of the Houthi attack is that that the era of ballistic missile warfare against ships at sea has begun.

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🐉 The Asian countries have more than enough on their plates without their former overlords from the north joining the Americans in throwing their weight about.

💬 Declan Hayes writes

#China #IndoPacific #MiddleEast #Philippines #RedSea #Vietnam

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🇵🇸 The major European states are finally – at long last – making some noises calling for a ceasefire to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. What’s taken them so long?

It’s still pathetically insufficient and falls far short of a full-throated demand on Israel to stop its unbridled slaughter of Palestinians – 20,000 of whom have been killed in more than 70 days of relentless bombardment.

💬 Read more by Finian Cunningham

#RedSea #Yemen #Houthi #MiddleEast #Gaza

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🇾🇪 The United States-led naval coalition announced on December 20 for deployment to the Red Sea purportedly to protect international commercial shipping has quickly run into troubled political waters.

European allies France, Spain and Italy are curbing their involvement. Australia has given it a miss. And so far, no major Arab countries have signaled their participation, apart from the tiny Gulf island nation of Bahrain which hosts the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet.

The 10-nation flotilla was heralded with much fanfare by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin with the stated objective of defending freedom of navigation through the Red Sea critical for cargo vessels and fuel tankers. That move followed numerous attacks on ships by Yemeni forces who said they would block the passage of Israeli-linked vessels as an act of solidarity with Palestinians suffering genocidal violence in Gaza.

Yemeni militants known as Ansar Allah (Houthis) in conjunction with Yemen’s armed forces say their embargo imposed on the Red Sea will continue until a ceasefire is called in Gaza and humanitarian aid is permitted entry to more than two million starving people.

The Yemens will give Washington a bloody nose, to say the least 🫣

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#CIA #Houthi #MiddleEast #RedSea #Yemen

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🇾🇪 For better or worse, the Houthis are the only political and military force doing anything practical to demand that Israel pay for its acts.

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#Houthi #Yemen #MiddleEast #RedSea #Israel #UnitedStates

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