US condemns Houthi attacks on cargo ships in Red Sea

The US condemned attacks by Yemen’s Houthi group on two commercial cargo ships in the Red Sea which left three mariners dead and several others wounded, Report informs referring to Anadolu Agency.

“The United States condemns the unprovoked Houthi terror attacks on the civilian cargo vessels MV Magic Seas and MV Eternity C,” the State Department said on July 8 in a statement.

“These attacks demonstrate the ongoing threat that Iran-backed Houthi rebels pose to freedom of navigation and to regional economic and maritime security,” it added.

The Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier, was targeted late Monday in what the EU Naval Force described as a suspected Houthi attack. Another vessel, the Magic Seas, was also attacked over the weekend.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Monday that the Magic Seas vessel was targeted Sunday using “two unmanned boats, five ballistic and cruise missiles and three drones.”