Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Are Menacing Ships on the High Seas

Houthi militants showed in late April that they can expand their war on international shipping far beyond the Red Sea.The container ship MSC Orion came under a drone attack on the night of April 26 as it was steaming in the Indian Ocean southeast of the Horn of Africa, the continent’s eastern-most tip. The attack only caused minor damage and did not harm any crew. But the distance involved was…