DUBAI: The Houthi militia’s endangerment of international sea lanes in the Red Sea is a terroristic act, a Yemeni minister said.
This cowardly act shows the militia’s literal application of Iran’s orders to close off the Red Sea and Bab Al-Mandeb Strait to ships, Information Minister Muammar Al-Iryani said in a report from Saba New.
The Red Sea is one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, and is connected to the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea through the Bab El-Mandeb Strait, a chokepoint between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East being only 18 miles wide at its narrowest point.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition destroyed two explosive-laden Houthi boats near a Hodeidah port on Wednesday, highlighting the Houthis increasing threat to global shipping in the Red Sea.
Al-Iryani urged the international community to condemn the Iran-led militia’s terroristic activities and to take a hard stance against Iran for its actions which threaten regional and international stability.
Meanwhile, a Houthi ballistic missile fired on civilian areas in Marib city on Wednesday injured three children and a woman.
“Firing ballistic missiles on civilians and into populated areas is a grave escalation and violation of the international resolutions and norms… it amounts to a war crime,” Yemen’s Ministry of Human Rights was quoted by Saba New in a report.
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Yemeni government condemns Houthi sea lane violations
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Yemeni government condemns Houthi sea lane violations
- The Yemeni government called the Houthis’ endangerment of international sea lanes in the Red Sea is a terroristic act
- The Saudi-led Arab coalition destroyed two explosive-laden Houthi boats near a Hodeidah port this week
Turkish F-16 jet crash kills pilot: state media
- A search and rescue operation was launched and the wreckage was located
ISTANBUL: A Turkish fighter jet crashed shortly after takeoff early Wednesday, killing the pilot, state media reported, citing the defense ministry.
Radio and tracking information with the aircraft, which took off from Balikesir at 12:56 a.m. (2156 GMT Tuesday), was lost soon after departure, the ministry said according to the official Anadolu Agency.
A search and rescue operation was launched and the wreckage was located.
“Our pilot was martyred. The cause of the accident will be determined following an investigation by the crash examination team,” the ministry said, offering condolences to the pilot’s family.
In November, Turkiye suspended flights by its C-130 cargo planes after one crashed in neighboring Georgia while returning from Azerbaijan, killing all 20 people aboard.
Other F-16s, manufactured by US firm Lockheed Martin, have crashed in recent months.
In January, a Taiwanese F-16 crashed into the sea during a routine mission. Its pilot, who ejected offshore, was reported missing.
In Poland, an F-16 crashed in August while rehearsing for an air show, killing its pilot.
Radio and tracking information with the aircraft, which took off from Balikesir at 12:56 a.m. (2156 GMT Tuesday), was lost soon after departure, the ministry said according to the official Anadolu Agency.
A search and rescue operation was launched and the wreckage was located.
“Our pilot was martyred. The cause of the accident will be determined following an investigation by the crash examination team,” the ministry said, offering condolences to the pilot’s family.
In November, Turkiye suspended flights by its C-130 cargo planes after one crashed in neighboring Georgia while returning from Azerbaijan, killing all 20 people aboard.
Other F-16s, manufactured by US firm Lockheed Martin, have crashed in recent months.
In January, a Taiwanese F-16 crashed into the sea during a routine mission. Its pilot, who ejected offshore, was reported missing.
In Poland, an F-16 crashed in August while rehearsing for an air show, killing its pilot.
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