By Editorial,
Three crew members have been killed in a Houthi missile strike on a cargo ship off southern Yemen, US officials say – the first deaths the group’s attacks on merchant vessels have caused.
The Barbados-flagged True Confidence had been abandoned and was drifting with a fire on board after the strike.
The Houthis say their attacks are to support the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The US Central Command which oversees operations in the Middle East, said three crew members had been killed and at least four injured, including three critically. END
