Suspected Attack by Houthi Terrorists Targets Ship Transiting Bab El-Mandeb Strait

The flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea, on July 4, 2024. Seaman Ryan Holloway/U.S. Navy, via AP

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists targeted a ship in the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Wednesday, as authorities acknowledged the terrorists launched their longest-range attack yet on a U.S.-flagged vessel near the Arabian Sea.

The sudden burst of attacks by the Houthis came after an unexplained pause of a week and a half in terrorist attacks. The terrorists may be regrouping ahead of the arrival of a new U.S. aircraft carrier to the region after the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower began heading home.