Yemen: a new ship attack attributed to the Houthis leaves several crew victims, a first. Three members of the crew of a merchant ship were killed yesterday Wednesday in the Gulf of Aden by a missile from Yemen, according to the US military.

The Philippine government said in a statement that two of its nationals were killed in the attack and two others “seriously injured” The United States set up a multinational force off the coast of Yemen in December to protect merchant ships against these attacks.