Symbolic imageCargo ship burns in Bab al-Mandeb as strikes kill crew and rescuers
Missiles set a cargo ship carrying food ablaze in the Bab al-Mandeb strait on Tuesday. Yemen's internationally recognised government blames the Houthis; crew members and rescuers were killed.
Yemen's transport ministry identified the vessel as the Tihama, hit by three ballistic missiles, and reported three Pakistani and one Indonesian crew member killed and four hurt; the coast guard later gave six dead and ten injured, including two fighters of the anti-Houthi National Resistance Forces killed in a second strike on the rescue site. About three hours later the rebels sent an explosive-laden drone boat at the ship, which Yemeni forces destroyed, the coast guard said; eleven sailors were taken off. AFP reported no official Houthi comment on the attack, while The National reported the group later said it had struck a Saudi ship carrying military equipment.
Rebels claim strikes on Saudi forces inland
The Houthis said they had hit deployment sites, weapons depots and headquarters of Saudi forces near Mokha and at the Tadawin camp in Marib with ballistic missiles and drones, claiming dozens killed and wounded, including Saudis. The claim, carried by TASS, is unconfirmed.
Pentagon counts the toll of US strikes
The Wall Street Journal reports that a Pentagon review found last year's US strikes on Yemen killed and wounded hundreds.
Other opinions
The New York Times and The National relay the Houthi counterclaim that the ship carried Saudi weapons, not food; TASS reports the rising toll without it.