UK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemen
UK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemen
It comes after the US said it would counter attacks on shipping in the Red Sea launched by the Yemeni group.

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naturalgasbad @lemmy.ca The world economy can survive without Israel, as COSCO has plainly demonstrated.
That's sort of the goal of sanctions.
2 2 ReplyMaggoty @lemmy.world Nobody said shit about surviving without Israel. The Houthis shut down the straight leading to the Suez Canal. That is not a blockade of Israel. It is a blockade of the busiest international shipping route in the world.
2 0 Replynaturalgasbad @lemmy.ca Except, again, they clearly haven't because COSCO literally just transited it.
1 1 ReplyMaggoty @lemmy.world Someone running the blockade does not mean there is no blockade.
2 0 Replynaturalgasbad @lemmy.ca COSCO has been very explicit about how they are complying with Yemeni sanctions. How, exactly, is that running a blockade?
1 1 ReplyMaggoty @lemmy.world They're just lucky.
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