[ad_1] US and British forces on Friday launched strikes on rebel targets across Yemen. (File) Dubai: Yemen’s Huthi rebels hit a US-owned cargo vessel with a missile on Monday, the US military said, heightening fears for the volatile region after repeated attacks on shipping triggered American and British strikes. The Marshall Islands-flagged Gibraltar Eagle suffered…
[ad_1] The naval battle underlines the risk of a regional escalation in fighting. Copenhagen/Dubai/Cairo: US helicopters repelled an attack by Iran-backed Houthi militants on a Maersk container vessel in the Red Sea, sinking three ships and killing 10 militants, according to accounts by American, Maersk, and Houthi officials on Sunday. The naval battle occurred around…