Trouble (again) in the Red Sea What lies ahead

 

 The Houthis in Yemen sank their second ship in two days when a Liberian-flagged cargo ship, Eternity C, went down in the Red Sea early Wednesday morning.

That follows the July 6 sinking of another Greek-owned merchant vessel, the Magic Seas, which the Houthis attacked in a four-hour assault involving sea drones and militants aboard skiffs launching RPGs. The 22-person crew was rescued by a passing merchant vessel and dropped off in Djibouti. The Houthis later boarded and sank the abandoned Magic Seas with explosives.

At least four of the Eternity C’s 25-person crew died; three were from the Philippines, and another was from Greece. Ten other crewmembers have been rescued from the sea, according to the European Union’s regional maritime force, Operation Aspides, writing Thursday morning on social media. But the rest of the crew are still missing, and at least some were allegedly picked up by the Houthi naval forces.  

 What lies ahead: Likely more Houthi attacks. That’s because, as Mercogliano noted in his video, “What the Houthi are saying is that they’re targeting vessels that are in any way connected to Israel, either through the ship themselves or the parent company. This means one out of every six ships on the world’s oceans are going to be connected with this.”