Most US ships no longer drive through the Suez Canal-Diepresse.com
The Houthi militia is forcing international shipping companies to avoid the important trade route and redeem its ships to long and expensive detours-with significant consequences for the economy.
According to US information, the passage of US ships in the Red Sea is massively impaired due to the Houthi attacks there. Due to the attacks there by the Pro-Iranian militia, three quarters of the ships under the US flag are forced to accept the much longer and expensive detour around Africa’s southern tip instead of driving through the Suez Canal, the national security consultant said Mike Waltz On Sunday the broadcaster CBS. (Read the detailed report of the « Press »)
« The last time one of our destroyers drove through the sea, he was attacked 23 times, » he added with a view to the attacks of the militia supported by Iran. Waltz also commented on the effects of the latest US air attacks on Houthi goals in Yemen.
The attacks had « eliminated important Houthi leadership staff, » he said. Among other things, the head of the militia rocket program. « We met your headquarters. We have met communication hubs, weapon factories and even some of your production facilities for overwater drones, » said the US security consultant.
Criticism of bidges
The previous government of Joe biden He accused of only having carried out « selective attacks » against the Houthis. The bidet government has thus admitted that « one of the most important sea routes in the world (paralyzed) » becomes (paralyzed) « . US President Donald Trump would now « make much harder » against the militia supported by Iran.
The United States had started a massive military campaign on March 15 to end the Houthi militia attacks on ships in the Red Sea. According to Houthi, 53 people were killed and almost hundred more were injured.
Significant economic effects
The Houthi militia controls large parts of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa. Since the beginning of the Gaza War, the militia had repeatedly fired rockets on Israel and attacked ships in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden from Yemen. In the meantime, most major shipping companies bypass the important sea dealership route, which are usually carried out by twelve percent of the global Seehandel.
The attacks have significant economic effects. The United States and Great Britain responded to the fire last year with attacks on Houthi positions in Yemen.
The Houthis, like the Hisbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, are part of the « axis of resistance » listed by Iran and directed against the USA and Israel. The declared goal is to annihilate Israel. Allegedly, they exert the attacks on the ships « out of solidarity » with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Hamas had triggered the war in the Gaza Strip with its unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. (APA/AFP)
