Red Sea Disruption – US Operation Prosperity Guardian (see Yemen)
Updated 2024-01-07
2023-12-23 Iran’s Khamenei calls on Muslim nations to block shipping to Israel Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday urged Muslim countries to prevent vital supplies from reaching Israel as the United States accused his country of “deep involvement” in attacks by Yemeni rebels against international shipping. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a meeting in Tehran with people from the Iranian provinces of Kerman and Khuzestan, denounced Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza as “bloodthirsty and cruel” and called on Islamic governments to take action against materiel heading to Israel. It is the duty of Muslim nations “to prevent goods, oil and fuel from reaching the Zionist regime, the regime which itself has blocked off water access to the people of Gaza,” Khamenei said, according to official news accounts. At the same time, the supreme leader “denounced some Islamic states for their criminal act of assistance towards the Zionist regime,” official media said. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-s-khamenei-calls-on-muslim-nations-to-block-shipping-to-israel/ar-AA1lWRn
2023-12-19 U.S. officials stress Houthi threats to commercial shipping will be stopped A day after the United States unveiled a new multinational military initiative to counter rising attacks by Houthi militants targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea, U.S. officials stressed they and a coalition of partner nations will do whatever it takes to stop the threats. Speaking at a Tuesday afternoon press briefing at the White House, national security adviser John Kirby said Operation Prosperity Guardian is underway as ships and aircraft “from multiple nations” conduct maritime surveillance and take defensive action to protect commercial ships from Houthi threats.
“From the beginning, we’ve said that this is an international challenge; it requires collective and international action,” Kirby said. “And we’ve been able to bring together now a number of partners, including the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy … the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, Spain, and even more to address this challenge together. “But bottom line is: These attacks have to stop,” he said. “They need to stop. They’re unacceptable. The United States and our allies and our partners will do what we have to do to counter these threats and to protect these ships.” https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/12/19/multinational-force-red-sea-houti-threat/9401703028225/
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