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\nYemen has warned that the Red Sea will become a \u201cflaming battleground\u201d if the United States and its allies stick to their \u201caggressive behavior\u201d and fuel tensions in the strategic maritime route.
\nMohammed Abdul-Salam, spokesman for Yemen\u2019s Ansarullah resistance movement, made the remarks in an X post on Sunday, days after the US announced the formation of a multi-national maritime task force in the Red Sea under the pretext of protecting vessels owned by Israel or bound for the occupied territories.
\nHe said that the US and its partners are \u201cthreatening international maritime navigation by militarizing the Red Sea with no legitimate reason.\u201d
\n\u201cThe Red Sea would become a battleground if the US and its allies continue their aggressive behavior,\u201d he said, urging the countries with coastline on the seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean to \u201crecognize the reality of the dangers that threaten their national security.\u201d
\nAbdul-Salam also said that a US warship had opened \u201creckless\u201d fire at a reconnaissance plane belonging to the Yemeni Navy in the Red Sea.
\nOne of the US missiles exploded near a Gabonese ship that was traveling from Russia, he added.
\nThe US had accused the Yemeni forces of attacking MV Saibaba, an Indian-flagged crude oil tanker owned by Gabon, with a drone.
\nEarlier, Ansarullah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi warned that American ships would become a target for Yemeni missiles in case of any strike on Yemen.
\n\u201cIf the United States is considering targeting Yemen, we will not stand idly by,\u201d he said, stressing that engaging in a direct war with the US and Israel is what the Yemenis aspire for the most.
\nIn retaliation for Israel\u2019s genocidal onslaught on Gaza, Yemen recently warned that it considers any ships with owners linked to Israel or those going to and from ports in the occupied territories legitimate targets.
\nLast month, the Yemeni Armed Forces seized a vehicle transport ship linked to Israel in the Red Sea off Yemen. They still hold the vessel near the port city of Hudaydah.
\nThey also launched drone and missile strikes targeting the occupied territories in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
\nIsrael waged the brutal war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
\nSince the start of the offensive, the Tel Aviv regime has killed at least 20,424 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 54,036 others.
\nThousands more are also missing and presumed dead under the rubble in Gaza, which is under \u201ccomplete siege\u201d by Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sana\u2019a Yemen has warned that the Red Sea will become a \u201cflaming battleground\u201d if the United States and its allies stick to their \u201caggressive behavior\u201d and fuel tensions in the strategic maritime route. Mohammed Abdul-Salam, spokesman for Yemen\u2019s Ansarullah resistance movement, made the remarks in an X post on Sunday, days after the US announced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-376790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n