Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoStatement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Ensuring Freedom of Navigation in the Red Seawww.defense.govexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkStatement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Ensuring Freedom of Navigation in the Red Seawww.defense.govRapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarenaturalgasbadlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoYemeni policy isn’t to blockade the Red Sea, but to blockade Israeli trade through the Red Sea until food and aid is allowed into Gaza. Hong Kong’s OOCL has taken the approach of simply halting Israeli shipments instead and still freely transits the Red Sea, for example.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·10 months agoThis is a facade. The drones are most probably controlled by the Iranians after launch. This only carries water for Iran.
Yemeni policy isn’t to blockade the Red Sea, but to blockade Israeli trade through the Red Sea until food and aid is allowed into Gaza. Hong Kong’s OOCL has taken the approach of simply halting Israeli shipments instead and still freely transits the Red Sea, for example.
This is a facade. The drones are most probably controlled by the Iranians after launch. This only carries water for Iran.