Yemen rebels vow to keep up Red Sea attacks despite US warnings

SpaceWar.com reports: “The United States condemned ‘unprecedented’ attacks by Yemeni rebels on Red Sea shipping as the Huthis pledged Tuesday to continue military operations despite the announcement of a new maritime protection force.

The flurry of drone and missile attacks by the rebels, the latest of which targeted two vessels on Monday, threaten to upend global trade flows, with major shipping firms halting traffic through the Bab al-Mandeb strait.

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin warned Tuesday that the attacks ‘threaten’ the free flow of commerce, a day after he announced a multinational task force to quell Huthi missile and drone attacks.

‘Secretary Austin condemned Huthi attacks on international shipping and global commerce as unprecedented and unacceptable, noting the attacks threaten the free flow of commerce,’ Pentagon press secretary Major General Pat Ryder said in a statement…”

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