Houthi militia has attacked ships off Yemen’s coast for months, saying it is acting in solidarity with Palestinians fighting Israel in Gaza.
Two ships caught on fire after being hit by projectiles off Yemen’s Aden, two UK maritime agencies reported on Sunday.
The British security firm Ambrey said on Sunday an Antigua- and Barbuda-flagged general cargo ship was struck by a missile 83 nautical miles southeast of Aden and caught fire. The fire was later contained.
Earlier, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said it had received a report from a captain of a vessel of an incident 80 nautical miles southeast of Aden.
“The ship was heading southwest along the Gulf of Aden at a speed of 8.
