Trump claimed victory against the Houthis in fight over Red Sea shipping. Now they are sinking tankers again

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Thursday 10 July 2025 03:02 EDT


Yemen’s Houthi rebels have begun attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea again, just two months after Donald Trump claimed victory in an air campaign against the militant group to stop them.

The Iran-backed group captured and sank a Greek-owned bulk carrier named ‘Magic Seas’ on Tuesday using drones, missiles and rocket-propelled grenades, forcing its 22 crew members to abandon ship. The Houthis sank another Greek-operated vessel called ‘Eternity C’ on Wednesday, leaving at least four dead and 15 missing.

The attacks come after months of relative calm in the crucial global shipping route that followed a fierce bombing campaign by the Trump administration against the Houthis.

Trump launched the bombings in April to stop a wave of attacks by the militant group against Red Sea ships in response to Israel’s war in Gaza.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-yemen-houthis-red-sea-b2785850.html

[elias7]

1. Same problem Israel has. You think the problem is solved, then bang. It's an ideological problem, kind of like 9/11...

[Nasruddin]

2. Really foolish?

This seems really foolish of them - "Read the room!" comes to mind;
They're the last Iranian proxy standing, and even the Iranians are in a very bad place.
Nobody likes them, and nobody cares what happens to them. There's probably no one in Aden or Yemen to report what happens to the rest of the world. They are inviting a genocidal level reaction like Gaza if someone puts up the money.

[Igel]

3. Ooh. A fundamentalist government violates an agreement for ceasefire.

I agree--only idiots would possibly accept an agreement from such.

Then again, that means only idiots would accept an agreement from Hamas, Hezbollah, or Iran.

Not sure you like where that heads once you get out of this narrow context.

[RazorbackExpat]

4. Hmmmm, where have I seen the prequel to this movie?

Oh, yeah,