UKMTO reports incident west of Yemen's al-Hudaydah
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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation reports of a new incident being investigated off the coast of Yemen, in the Red Sea.
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney in Souda Bay, Greece, Nov. 12, 2018. (AP)
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation (UKMTO) announced, early on Tuesday morning local time, that it received an incident report west of al-Hudaydah, in Yemen.
The incident is currently being investigated by the authorities according to the official UKMTO website.
UKMTO WARNING 021/DEC/2023https://t.co/3unfFGVGNG#MaritimeSecurity #MarSec pic.twitter.com/ninFbTw6Pq
— United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) (@UK_MTO) December 26, 2023
Earlier, the Minister of Defense in the Sanaa government, Mohammed Al-Atifi, affirmed today, that Yemen's stance regarding the Red Sea is steadfast.
He emphasized that the Yemeni armed forces are on high readiness and are fully prepared to deal with all possible scenarios.
Addressing the naval coalition aimed at protecting Israeli and "Israel"-bound ships, Al-Atifi warned them that stating that Yemen will morph the nautical geography of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, and Bab al-Mandeb, into a curse for the aggressor
The Minister of Defense pointed out that Yemen is committed to the safety of international navigation and respects international agreements. He noted that all ships are safe except Israeli-affiliated or "Israel"-bound ships: those ships identified to be as such by the Yemeni Armed Forces will not be safe until the people of Gaza are safe from Israeli aggression.
Al-Atifi emphasized that the Yemeni armed forces' ballistic missiles have a far-reaching range; further than the enemy expects confirming that there are "no red lines" for them.
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