Yemen Ramps Up Attacks on Merchant Ships After Dismantling Suspected US-Israeli Spy Network
The Yemeni armed forces ramped up their attacks on commercial vessels on Tuesday, with the UK Maritime Trade Organization reporting that an unidentified merchant ship 82 nautical miles South of Aden, Yemen faced two explosions in “closest proximity” to the vessel. The vessel and its crew were unharmed.
The US military reported overnight Tuesday that it had shut down a Yemeni drone over the Red Sea, and announced later in the day that the Dwight D. Eisenhower supercarrier had resumed its operations in the area after a brief port call for resupply, Sputnik reported. The American warship, deployed in the region since October 14 together with a squadron of missile destroyers, is expected to remain in there until at least “early summer”, according to US officials.The new Yemeni attacks come after a brief lull in their activity, likely stemming from Palestinian group Hamas’s announcement Monday that it was ready to accept a ceasefire with Israel.Israel declined the proposal, sparking a fresh regional escalation which besides Yemeni attacks included new skirmishes between Israel and Hezbollah on the Israeli-Lebanese border, and an attack by Iraqi group targeting Israeli military bases and the Leviathan gas platform off Israel’s Mediterranean coast with drones.Yemen warned last week that an “aggressive military operation against Rafah” in Gaza by Israel would result in a fresh missile and drone assault by Yemeni forces.Tuesday’s escalation follows an announcement by Yemeni media Monday that Yemeni forces had uncovered and dismantled a large Israeli and US spy ring passing information to and carrying out sabotage operations in support of the two countries.
“These spies were recruited to work on collecting information and monitoring sites belonging to the Yemeni armed forces on the Western coast of the Republic of Yemen for the American and Israeli enemy,” Saba News Agency reported.The detained individuals reportedly confessed that in addition to intelligence collection, they were tasked with carrying out sabotage and assassination operations to distract the Yemeni forces “from confronting the wicked US-British-Israeli trio, and from supporting the besieged Palestinian people”.The report did not elaborate on how many suspects were detained, but unverified photos and videos shared on social media estimate it to be at least 18 people.The Yemeni armed forces “will spare no effort in carrying out their responsibility to secure the home front and protect it from infiltration attempts by the American and Israeli enemy,” the Yemeni news agency said.Yemen started launching attacks on Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea and in the Arabian Sea in November, more than a month after Israel invaded Gaza.The Yemeni attacks later expanded to cover US and British ships after the two countries launched airstrikes on Yemen to force it to stop its pro-Palestine campaign.
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