The Latest Breaking News from Red Sea

A huge plume of black smoke was seen rising in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea city of Jeddah, where oil giant Aramco has several oil facilities, witnesses said on Friday.

The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen destroyed two explosive-laden Houthi boats on Wednesday thwarting an attack on giant oil tankers in the Red Sea. The coalition said the attempt to launch the two boats was prepared from the Hodeidah governorate, and that the Houthi militia is escalating its hostile…

Israel is to launch direct flights to Sharm el-Sheikh on Egypt's Red Sea coast next month, in an expansion of air links between the two countries, officials said Wednesday. "The route from Ben Gurion International Airport to Sharm el-Sheikh will open soon.

The leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, generally referred to as Hemedti, has denied rumors of him seeking an agreement for Port Sudan during his visit to the Red Sea state. This comes a few days after Hemedti had returned from a controversial visit to…

In a move welcomed by the Yemeni government, the European Union blacklisted the Houthis, freezing the militias’ assets, only days after a similar Arab resolution and a UN Security Council resolution described the group as a terrorist organization. The EU’s decision was made against the backdrop of Houthis attacking civilian…

Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding for a $5 billion project with Norway’s Scatec (SCATC.OL) to build its first green ammonia plant in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, the cabinet said on Thursday. The green ammonia plant near the Red Sea port and industrial zone of Ain Sokhna would…

Cypriot Defense Minister Charalambos Petrides revealed his country’s intention to conclude imminent bilateral agreements with Saudi Arabia on defense, military and security cooperation. He stressed the need to enhance the maritime security of waterways in the eastern Mediterranean, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Arabian Gulf and the…

The Iran-backed Houthi militias claimed they have signed an agreement with the United Nations to deal with a decaying oil tanker threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil off the war-torn country's coast. The UN has yet to confirm the deal and the legitimate government expressed its skepticism…

The deputy head of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, said his country had no problem with Russia or any other country establishing a naval base on its Red Sea coast, provided that it doesn't threaten national security. The General was speaking on arrival in Khartoum…