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Who are the Houthis, the Yemeni rebels attacking ships in the Red Sea?
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0:41Now PlayingThe Pentagon on Monday announced a new partnership to counter the growing number of attacks by Iranian proxies on commercial ships in the Red Sea.
The announcement by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin came days after two of the world’s largest shipping companies, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, announced they were pausing operations in the vital trade route following repeated drone and ballistic missile strikes launched by Tehran-backed Houthi forces based in Yemen.
“This is an international challenge that demands collective action,” Austin said in a statement from Bahrain, adding: “The recent escalation in reckless Houthi attacks originating from Yemen threatens the free flow of commerce, endangers innocent mariners and violates international law.”
The US will be joined in the new coalition – dubbed “Operation Prosperity Guardian” by the Pentagon – by the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the Seychelles and Spain.
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