DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A “potential explosion” has struck a key transport route off the coast of Yemen, the British navy mentioned Sunday.
The British navy’s United Kingdom Maritime Commerce Operations issued a quick warning to shippers that the incident occurred within the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that separates East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.
The UKMTO mentioned drone exercise additionally had been reported within the space.
The Bab el-Mandeb hyperlinks the Purple Sea to the Gulf of Aden. That space has seen a sequence of assaults in latest weeks attributed to Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who’ve additionally launched missiles and drones towards Israel over its conflict on Hamas within the Gaza Strip.
The Houthis didn’t instantly acknowledge the incident.
