Coalition: Houthis hijacked ship in southern Red Sea

On Nov 18, 2019

001015-N-0000X-003 The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) (foreground) remains moored to a refueling platform in the industrial harbor in Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 15, 2000. The Arleigh Burke class destroyer was the target of a suspected terrorist attack which took place in the port of Aden on Oct. 12, 2000, during a scheduled refueling. Nine sailors were killed and eight have been listed as missing. DoD photo. (Released)

Yemen’s Houthi group has hijacked a ship that was towing a South Korean dig in the southern Red Sea, the kingdom’s military alliance said on Monday.

Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki was quoted as saying that the locomotive was seized by gunmen from the Iranian-allied Houthi group late on Sunday. The spokesman did not say how many crew members.

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