The US military headquarters (CENTCOM), responsible for the Middle East region, confirmed the attack by Houthi rebels on the Greek-owned merchant ship Transworld Navigator.
The attack was announced on Sunday June 24 by Yahya Sharia, spokesman for the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
CENTCOM said the Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged Transworld Navigator was hit by a Houthi drone around 4 a.m. Sunday. The crew reported “minor injuries and limited damage” but the ship continued on its way.
June 23 Central Command Update
Iranian-backed Houthis struck the M/V TRANS WORLD NAVIGATOR, a Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned, and operated bulk cargo carrier in a suspected uncrewed aerial system (UAS) attack. Today, at 4:00 am (Sanaa time), the crew reported minor injuries and… pic.twitter.com/eg3zDlKhbM
— US Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 24, 2024
For the fourth time a Greek ship was attacked from the Houthis, writes CNN Greece edition. Since November last year, Iran-backed Yemeni rebels have carried out frequent missile and drone attacks against commercial shipping in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. They initially said they were targeting Israeli-linked ships. But they later expanded their targets to include ships linked to the US and UK in response to attacks on their positions in Yemen by those countries.
Yahya Sharia also announced that the Houthis launched a missile attack on the Stolt Sequoia ship in the Indian Ocean.
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