US and UK strikes fail to slow Houthi attacks - BBC News

BBC Verify analysis shows how Houthi tactics have changed, as commercial shipping traffic in the Red Sea halves.

20 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, ReutersImage caption, The Marlin Luanda, operated by a UK-based company, was struck by a Houthi missile on 26 January in the Gulf of AdenBy Joshua Cheetham, Shruti Menon, Yi Ma, and Paul MyersBBC VerifyRepeated US and UK air strikes against the Houthis in Yemen have failed to slow their attacks on ships in the region, BBC Verify has found.

There have been nine attacks on ships in the past three weeks, compared with six in the previous three weeks.

Since the US-led strikes began on 11 January, shipping using the vital Red Sea trade route has dropped by 29%.

That's a greater rate of decline than between the start of Houthi attacks in November and the beginning of the US-led action.

The Houthis initially said they were attacking ships connected to Israel, or heading to or from there. But since air strikes began in January they have mostly targeted ships tied to owners or operators in the UK or US.

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