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UN Security Council condemns Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping

Yemen's Houthis escort the cargo ship Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea on 19 November 2023. © Houthi Media Center via AP

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have rejected a United Nations resolution against their attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, and are maintaining their right to defend Palestinians in Gaza by targeting ships they say are connected to Israel. The French navy, meanwhile, has been accompany ships with French interests through the region.

The head of Yemen's Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, on Thursday said the UN resolution on navigation on the Red Sea was a "political game".

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