A U.S.-led coalition of about a dozen countries warned the Houthi rebel group in Yemen on Jan. 3 to immediately end attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, as the Middle East remains on edge over the Israel-Hamas conflict.
A joint statement, signed by the United States, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Bahrain, Denmark, and Netherlands, said that recent activity in the Red Sea targeting shipping vessels will lead to consequences against the organization, which the U.S. State Department removed from its list of designated terrorist groups in 2021.
