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MIKE WALSH REPORT: The Yemeni battle-hardened force has claimed to have shot down a US drone as well. The Belize-flagged merchant vessel Rubymar has suffered catastrophic damage and its crew has abandoned ship, a spokesman for the Yemeni military announced on Monday. According to Yahya Saree, the Houthi forces also downed a US Reaper drone over a Red Sea port.

The Houthis, which control the Yemeni capital, have been prohibiting shipping related to Israel – and later the US and the UK as well – since late October, in protest over the Occupying Israeli military operation against the indigenous Palestinians in Gaza.

The MV Rubymar sailed under the flag of Belize, but its owner is registered as the UK-based Golden Adventure Shipping. It was carrying cargo from the UAE to Bulgaria. It was targeted with ’a number of naval missiles,’ Saree said in a statement shared on social media. 

‘The ship suffered catastrophic damage and came to a complete halt,’ the Yemeni spokesman added. ’As a result of the extensive damage the ship suffered, it is now at risk of potential sinking in the Gulf of Aden. During the operation, we made sure that the ship’s crew exited safely.’

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According to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center, the Rubymar was at anchor some 35 nautical miles south of al-Mukha, in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait.

There is nobody on board now,’ LSS-SAPU, Rubymar’s maritime security company, told Reuters. The company said that two missiles were fired at the ship, which was ’taking in water as a result. ’The owners and managers are considering options for towage,’ LSS-SAPU added.

This is the first time a crew has had to abandon ship after a Houthi attack, and the most serious damage inflicted on a merchant vessel since the January 26 fire on board the tanker Marlin Luanda. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday that American warships had destroyed a Houthi submersible drone, noting the group’s first use of that particular technology.

The US and the UK have repeatedly launched air strikes against the Houthis since mid-January, in a futile effort to degrade the battle group’s capabilities and ensure the safe passage of merchant ships through the Red Sea. 

Meanwhile, the Yemenis claimed to have shot down an MQ9 Reaper drone over the port of Hodeidah, accusing the UAV of carrying out hostile missions against our country on behalf of the Zionist entity, meaning Israel. The Houthi spokesman vowed that operations against Western shipping would continue ’until the aggression stops and the siege on the Gaza Strip is lifted.’

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The Houthi harassment of merchant ships has forced major Western carriers to sail around Africa instead of using the Suez Canal, raising insurance premiums and cargo costs. The incident followed ‘self-defense strikes’ by the US targeting Houthi missiles and a launcher prepared to fire toward the Red Sea

Another vessel caught fire after being hit by two missiles southeast of the Yemeni port of Aden on Thursday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has said.

Thursday’s incident took place 70 nautical miles from Aden. There has been no official information so far on the type of the vessel that was struck, damage, or casualties.

According to the Associated Press, ship-tracking data helped identify the vessel as a Palau-flagged cargo ship named Islander that had been coming from Thailand bound for Egypt.

Earlier this week, the Houthis claimed to have targeted an Israeli cargo vessel, several US warships, and the aforementioned British vessel. After the US and the UK conducted several strikes on Houthi facilities in Yemen, the group said it would now also attack ships affiliated with either nation.

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