The United States Navy has shared with PREMIUM TIMES fresh insights about the service of its recently deceased officer, Oriola Michael Aregbesola, who renounced his Nigerian citizenship after his enlistment in 2020. The United States Department of Defence had announced Mr Aregbesola’s death two days after he slipped from a ship in the Red Sea. … Read more
The US Armed Forces said on Thursday that they destroyed two drones and a missile launched by Iran-backed Houthi militants and targeting a US destroyer in the Red Sea. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) and destroyer, USS Gravely, on Wednesday morning successfully engaged and destroyed one inbound anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM). Two Unmanned Aerial Systems … Read more
By Jon Gambrell | Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — As Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue to target ships in a Mideast waterway, satellite pictures analyzed by The Associated Press show what appears to be a new airstrip being built at an entrance to that crucial maritime route. No country has publicly claimed the construction taking … Read more
The U.S. Navy on Saturday identified a sailor who went overboard while deployed in the Red Sea. The sailor, Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Oriola Michael Aregbesola, went overboard from the USS Mason on Wednesday, military officials said. He was assigned to the “Swamp Foxes” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 74. Aregbesola, a 34-year-old Florida … Read more
A Chinese-owned oil tanker was attacked off Yemen by ballistic missiles fired by Houthi rebels, who have intensified strikes on Red Sea shipping, the US military said. The Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned and operated Huang Pu issued a distress call on Saturday but did not request assistance, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on social … Read more
The U.S. military and its allies shot down a flurry of at least 28 drones in the Red Sea fired by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen early Saturday, the Pentagon said. The drones were fired over an approximately four-hour period from about 4 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. local time, U.S. Central Command reported on social … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. Navy destroyer shot down drones and a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward the vessel in the Red Sea, officials said Wednesday, as the Indian navy released images of it fighting a fire aboard a container ship earlier targeted by the Houthis. The U.S. military’s Central Command said … Read more
By Jon Gambrell | Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. destroyer shot down drones and a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward it in the Red Sea, officials said early Wednesday, as the Indian navy released images of it fighting a fire aboard a container ship earlier targeted by the Houthis. … Read more
A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The sinking of the Rubymar comes as shipping through the crucial waterway for cargo and … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels set a ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, injuring one person, as Israel intercepted what appeared to be another Houthi attack near the port city of Eilat, authorities said. The attacks come as the Iran-backed rebels escalate their assaults over Israel’s … Read more
