Houthi gunfire / clash attack on Red Sea · 17 November 2019
Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize Saudi Arabian ship in Red Sea
- Date
- 17 November 2019 · 20 Rabi' al-Awwal 1441 AH
- Place
- Red Sea
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Gunfire / clash
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (3 reports in all)
- Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize Saudi Arabian ship in Red Sea
“A Saudi Arabian tugboat was seized by Yemen ’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency SPA. The vessel was towing a South Korean drilling rig in the south of the Red Sea…”
- Attacks near ports.. Escalation between the Coalition and the Houthis in western Yemenهجمات قرب الموانئ.. تصعيد بين التحالف والحوثيين غربي اليمن (machine translation)
“Residents said the Saudi- and UAE-led military coalition launched airstrikes on Monday near the Red Sea port of Ras Isa, amid an escalation between the coalition and the Houthis despite a UN-brokered ceasefire before…”