USS Carney destroyer transits the Suez Canal en route to the Red Sea in October<\/p>\n
Yemen\u2019s defense minister has denounced the formation of a US-led maritime task force in the Red Sea to protect the passage of merchant vessels bound for the Israeli-occupied territories, cautioning the Western alliance that any assault on Yemeni soil will have dire consequences.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe are in possession of munitions and military gear that can sink your warships, submarines and aircraft carriers,\u201d Major General Mohammad al-Atifi said on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Yemeni Armed Forces will turn the Red Sea into a graveyard of the US-led coalition if the alliance decides to take any action against Yemen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Earlier on Monday, Pentagon chief\u00a0Lloyd Austin announced the formation of the coalition \u2013 including Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, Spain and the UK \u2013 to patrol the Red Sea\u00a0in response to Yemeni strikes on ships bound for the Israeli-occupied territories, which came in retaliation for the Tel Aviv regime\u2019s war on the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Yemen\u2019s Ansarullah resistance movement has pledged to confront the US-led coalition, stressing that Washington will experience both military and prestige defeats if it attacks Yemen.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Yemeni Armed Forces have painful options, which they will employ in response to any act of aggression against their homeland. We only target ships that are either Israeli-owned or heading towards Israeli ports,\u201d said Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of Ansarullah\u2019s political bureau.<\/p>\n Bukhaiti stressed that Yemen stands fairly committed to safe navigation at sea, adding, \u201cWe are only acting against the interests of the Zionist regime. We will confront any coalition that Washington establishes in the Red Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n The senior Yemeni official noted that negotiations are underway through intermediaries\u00a0with a number of countries, including the United States, to persuade Yemeni forces to stop their retaliatory operations.<\/p>\n Furthermore, the British oil and gas giant has halted all shipments of energy through the Red Sea after an increase in attacks on Israel-bound ships by the Yemeni Armed Forces in Yemen, including two further strikes on Monday.<\/p>\n BP said it had paused shipping in the region indefinitely, citing a \u201cdeteriorating security situation\u201d amid tensions in the aftermath of the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza.<\/p>\n The Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine\u2019s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7.<\/p>\n The relentless Israeli strikes against Gaza have killed at least 19,453 people, most of them women and children, in Gaza. Another 52,286 individuals have been wounded as well.<\/p>\n Reports revealed that Israeli shipping companies have already decided to reroute their vessels in fear of attacks by Yemeni forces.<\/p>\n The Yemeni forces have also launched missile and drone attacks on targets in the Israeli-occupied territories of Palestine after the occupying regime\u2019s aggression on Gaza.<\/p>\nAnsarullah vows to confront US-led coalition<\/strong><\/h2>\n
BP halts oil, gas shipments through Red Sea<\/strong><\/h2>\n