Despite continued threats to target US-led multinational task forces monitoring the trade route, the Houthi rebels has significantly scaled back attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
The number of Houthi strikes fell to zero for a second day on Thursday, with neither the UK Maritime Trade Operations nor the US Central Command reporting fresh attacks on commercial or naval vessels.
The UKMTO’s most recent alarm early on Tuesday warned of a “suspicious” watercraft approaching a ship 80 nautical miles northeast of Djibouti.
The US has led a global coalition task force to protect the Red Sea, a major international trade route, against Houthi threats. Militia assaults have led to some shipping corporations rerouting their ships away from the area.
The decline in Houthi rebels Red Sea attacks comes amid renewed clashes between their fighters and Yemeni government forces in the southern city of Taiz.