{"id":7855,"date":"2023-12-15T12:04:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=7855"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:04:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:04:31","slug":"liberian-vessel-catches-fire-in-the-red-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/liberian-vessel-catches-fire-in-the-red-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberian Vessel Catches Fire in the Red Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sudan Events \u2013 Sumaya Sayed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Liberian-flagged cargo ship caught fire in the Red Sea on Friday after being hit by a projectile launched from rebel-controlled Yemen, a US defense official and a private intelligence firm said.<br \/>\nThe attack on the Al Jasrah further escalates a campaign by Yemen\u2019s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who have claimed responsibility for a series of missile assaults in recent days that just missed shipping in the Red Sea and its strategic Bab El-Mandeb Strait.<br \/>\nThe attacks are a response to the Israel-Hamas war, though the links to the ships targeted in the rebel assaults has grown more tenuous \u2014 or non-existent \u2014 as the attacks continue.<br \/>\nThe Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the assault on the Al Jasrah.<br \/>\nThe US official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters. The private intelligence firm Ambrey also confirmed the attack took place.<br \/>\n\u201cThe projectile reportedly hit the port side of the vessel and one container fell overboard due to the impact,\u201d Ambrey said. \u201cThe projectile caused a \u2018fire on deck\u2019 which was broadcast via\u201d radio.<br \/>\nThe British military\u2019s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors Mideast shipping lanes, also acknowledged the attack, warning vessels to exercise caution. The UKMTO said there had been no reported casualties from the fire.<br \/>\nThe Al Jasrah is operated by German-based shipper Hapag Lloyd, which declined to immediately comment. It wasn\u2019t clear if the attack involved a drone or a missile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events \u2013 Sumaya Sayed A Liberian-flagged cargo ship caught fire in the Red Sea on Friday after being hit by a projectile launched from rebel-controlled Yemen, a US defense official and a private intelligence firm said. The attack on the Al Jasrah further escalates a campaign by Yemen\u2019s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who have claimed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7857,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7855\/revisions\/7857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}