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Enabled by Iran: Houthis Push Forward with Attacks in the Red Sea

SUEZ CANAL, RED SEA, EGYPT – JANVIER 20: Loaded containers stacked on top of a freighter under navigation on Janvier 20, 2017 in Suez Canal, Red sea, Egypt. (Photo by Camille Delbos/Art In All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Posted: January 8th, 2024

By Hollie McKay

Hollie McKay is a writer, war crimes investigator, and the author of “Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield.” (Jocko Publishing/Di Angelo Publications 2021). She was an investigative and international affairs/war correspondent for Fox News Digital for over fourteen years, where she focused on war, terrorism, and crimes against humanity.

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – Despite warnings from multiple countries, the Iranian-backed, Yemen-based Houthi militia are continuing attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, adding a new complexity to tensions in the region and adding significant cost to the commercial shipping industry.

“The actions that we’ve seen from these Houthi forces are destabilizing,” Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters recently. “This is an international problem that requires international solutions.”

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