Last Updated: December 18, 2023, 14:18 IST
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Iran-backed fighters in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen have claimed responsibility for attacks on Israeli and U.S. targets since the Israel-Hamas war broke out. (Image: French Military/X)
In response to the attacks, four major shipping firms, including two of the world’s largest, have said they are rerouting their vessels away from the Red Sea
A “possible explosion” struck a key shipping lane off Yemen Monday, two maritime agencies said, the latest incident in the vital waterway threatened by Huthi rebel attacks.
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations issued a warning of a potential explosion striking near a vessel passing through the Bab al-Mandeb strait that separates the Arabian Peninsula from the Horn of Africa.
“The captain reported… the ‘explosion’ occurring two nautical miles off one of the vessel’s quarters while it was transiting,” said maritime security firm…