{"id":810839,"date":"2026-08-12T05:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/810839\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T05:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:22:12","slug":"live-updates-attacks-at-sea-threaten-region-as-hopes-fade-for-strait-of-hormuz-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/810839\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Attacks at sea threaten region as hopes fade for Strait of Hormuz deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsov9g9l00023b6u2qf7szrq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Yemeni government has accused Iran-backed Houthis of killing four crew members and two rescue workers in a \u201cdouble-tap\u201d strike against a commercial vessel sailing through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea, a serious escalation and a sign that the deadly conflict in Iran is spilling over across the region.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsoval8d00063b6u8hhtqpr1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Ministry of Transport of the internationally recognized Yemeni government said the Houthis fired three ballistic missiles at the Tihamah, a small cargo ship transporting food.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsox6bot000c3b6u3cbug4s4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A fire caused by the strikes damaged the ship and killed four crew members \u2013 three Pakistani nationals and one Indonesian, the ministry said, adding that four other crew members and a rescue worker were injured.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsox69zk000b3b6uhekdtmnb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The ministry accused the Houthis of targeting the vessel once again after the search and rescue operation got under way, in what it said was an effort to \u201cendanger the lives of all onboard, including the rescue teams.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsoxjj2r000e3b6uxfl07ywa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Yemeni Coast Guard said later that, according to preliminary information, two rescue workers, as well as the four crew members, were killed during the attack.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsp1sa5w00003b6udryhq38f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There was some confusion over the ownership of the vessel that was struck, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/11\/world\/live-news\/iran-war-trump?post-id=cmsol1av100003j6t542bwcol\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">initial reports<\/a> from Yemeni officials and the marine intelligence group Marisks reporting that an unidentified Saudi-owned ship was struck in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsp1sbea00013b6uv11vduwb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            However, according to MarineTraffic, Tihamah is sailing under the Tanzanian flag and is owned by companies registered in Egypt and Yemen.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsozh1jd00003b6u7x6ihmno@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Houthis claimed responsibility, saying it was carrying military equipment, the Houthi-run Saba news agency reported Tuesday. Saudi Arabia did not immediately respond to the claim.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsp0wyxa00023b6u66304i3d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Yemen\u2019s Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV released several photographs and a short video purportedly showing the vessel. The name Tihamah was visible in two of the photographs.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsoy8p3k000h3b6u1y5t9cxj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The group warned last month they would target any Saudi shipping seeking to transit the strait, in response to a long-standing Saudi blockade against the group, which controls much of northern Yemen.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmsp170ib00033b6uyfyjoyuy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Joint Maritime Information Center, which is overseen by the US Navy, said an unidentified general cargo ship was struck by a projectile while stationary in Yemeni territorial waters in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Its report on Tuesday did not identify the vessel or say who was responsible for the attack.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Yemeni government has accused Iran-backed Houthis of killing four crew members and two rescue workers in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-810839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}