Turkey will "send 6 warships to counter and suppress the Yemeni Houthis" after a missile attack targeted a cargo ship in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, saying measures were being taken to prevent any such further incidents.
“We condemn the missile attacks by the Houthis on the Panama-flagged dry cargo ship Anadolu S, owned by a Turkish company, while sailing off the coast of Yemen,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Since last November, the Iran-backed Houthis have been targeting shipping in and around the Red Sea in a campaign they say is in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the rebels “carried out an operation targeting the ship Anadolu S in the Red Sea with a number of appropriate ballistic and naval missiles,” adding that the “hit was accurate and direct.”
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Iran’s backing of the Houthis has gone unchecked for too long. Turkey is stepping up where the West refuses to. Maybe if Biden wasn’t so busy appeasing our enemies, this wouldn’t be happening.
I don’t believe anything Erdogan says right now. He’s genociding Kurds and turning off their water, and killing their children.
@HeronPenelopeGreen1yr1Y
ah yes the turkish navy thats much better than the US navy. im sure they will do well
@GrumpyOilRepublican1yr1Y
They get what they deserve for their attack on the Kurds in northern Iraq. And honestly they deserve worse
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