Houthis suspected in attack on Belize-flagged ship in Bab el-Mandeb Strait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels are suspected in an attack that damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, authorities said early Monday.The attack on the ship came as the U.S. military acknowledged conducting new airstrikes targeting the rebels, including one that targeted the first Houthi underwater drone seen since the rebels’ began launching their attacks on shipping in November.The ship targeted in the Houthi attack Sunday reported sustaining damage after “an explosion in close…

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