US Strikes Houthi Targets in Yemen for Third Time Amid Global Shipping Disruptions

Houthi rebels continue to target merchant ships in protest of Israel's war against Hamas, causing major disruptions to global trade routes. The Biden administration is expected to redesignate the rebels as specially designated global terrorists.

• The US has carried out a third strike on Yemen to curb the Houthi rebels’ ability to attack merchant shipping, which the group has been engaged in since November, in protest at Israel’s war against Hamas.
• The Houthi movement that controls large parts of Yemen has introduced complexities into the ongoing war in Gaza – a war of reprisal Israel is prosecuting with disproportionate force against a hapless civilian population it equates with Hamas.
• The Houthi rebels have taken up the cause of the blighted Palestinians and begun targeting merchant ships with an Israeli connection in the Red Sea, causing a major disruption to global merchant traffic that transits the Suez Canal and enters the Indian Ocean through the Red Sea.
• The US and UK have carried out missile attacks against the Houthis, while China and Russia – permanent members of the UN Security Council – have a different political position from that of the US in relation to the Israeli attacks on Gaza but share a common economic objective in ensuring that merchant shipping is not held hostage by Houthi demands.
• The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as specially designated global terrorists.

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