U.S. reported Targeting Entity and Vessel Shipping Commodities for Qods Force and Houthi-Affiliated Network
Yemen Monitor/ News Room
The targeting of entities and vessels involved in shipping commodities for the Qods Force and Houthi-affiliated network has escalated
tensions in the region.
As roprted by the U.S. department of state that “The United States is today designating one entity and identifying one vessel as blocked property for involvement in illicit trade on behalf of the Houthis and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF).”
The Qods Force is the foreign operations arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and has been involved in supporting various militant groups in the region, including the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Houthi-affiliated network operates in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, targeting commercial ships and disrupting maritime trade routes.
The Houthi group claimed responsibility for targeting an Israeli ship and an American destroyer in the Red Sea with missiles and drones.
The US military announced the destruction of ballistic missiles and drones launched by the Houthis from areas under their control in Yemen.
Commercial cargo ships were subjected to missile shelling, causing damage and casualties as reported following the targeting of the Barbados-flagged ship “True Confidence” causing the death of three seafarers .
As a result the U.S. department of state on its Official page vowed to continue its operations to protect maritime navigation saying: “The United States is steadfast in its commitment to countering terrorist financing and will continue to use all available means to disrupt significant ongoing illicit commercial activity
