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Attacks in the Red Sea: Effects of Maritime Crisis on Global Trade

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The UK Ministry of Defense has shared footage of HMS Diamond launching missiles.

  • author, Cecilia Berea
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Clothes, food, computers and many other products that consumers normally buy in stores are taking longer days to reach their destinations amid the security crisis in the Red Sea.

Attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on merchant ships sailing from the Red Sea to the Suez Canal have forced shipping companies to take a longer and more expensive alternative shipping route through South Africa, causing delivery delays.

The attacks, since mid-December, are aimed at punishing Israel, according to the rebel group. The war in Gazahave intensified.

On Tuesday, the US and UK militaries announced that they had repelled the “biggest attack” ever by Houthi rebels after downing 18 drones, two cruise missiles and one ballistic missile.

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