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US Proposes Naval Coalition Amid Red Sea Attacks

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The US Special Envoy for Yemen, Time Lenderking, told Reuters that the government wanted the “broadest possible” maritime coalition to safeguard ships transiting through the Red Sea.

  • Iran’s Defence Minister, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani cautioned that a naval-force coalition risked facing extraordinary problems and said “nobody "can make a move in a region where we have predominance," according to Reuters.
  • Arracks in the region have accelerated in recent days as the Houthis look to show support for Hamas.
  • Maersk Tankers is to insist its fuel tanker fleet have the option to avoid the Red Sea following a spate of attacks from Houthi controlled areas this week.
  • Two missiles were fired from the territory at a jet fuel tanker on Wednesday and another at a Norwegian flagged tanker in the Red Sea Monday.

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