The merchant ship was attacked again and the crew is still being held by the Houthis
On the first anniversary of the crisis in the Red Sea, another merchant ship was attacked by the Houthis in a second barrage.
According to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO), a Turkish bulk carrier bound for Yemen, the 52,200 DWT Anadolu S, narrowly escaped Houthi missile attacks twice in the past 24 hours while sailing through the Bab el-Mandel Strait and the Gulf of Aden.
Maritime security company Diaplous revealed that just minutes before the attack, the ship received a warning notice on VHF Channel 16 from an unknown entity asking it to change course, without providing any other details or reasons.
The second attack took place on Monday morning, when the Anadolu S was about 60 nautical miles southeast of Aden and another missile landed near the ship. Fortunately, both attacks missed the hull, and the ship and crew are now safe and on their way to their next port of call.
So far, the Houthis have not claimed responsibility for the November 17 and 18 attacks on the ship.
The crew had been trapped on the car transport ship for the past year. Seventeen of the crew members were from the Philippines, while the remaining eight were three Ukrainians, two Bulgarians, two Mexicans and one Romanian.
However, there is little hope of their release and no sign that they will be high on the international diplomatic agenda. Two Bulgarian crew members confided in a Bulgarian politician during a visit in September that they "felt hopeless and forgotten by the world." Although the Philippine Foreign Ministry has repeatedly called for the release of the sailors, it has failed to do so due to various problems.
The fate of the sailors is closely linked to the end of the war in Gaza, and the International Transport Workers' Federation has said it believes the ship will remain in detention until Israel ends its assault on Gaza.
The Houthis said that if the Palestinian resistance agreed, they would release the Galaxy Leader and its crew, claiming that the crew had been treated humanely in accordance with Islamic teachings. Since the capture of the Galactic Leader, the Houthis have attacked more than 100 ships with drones and missiles, sinking two, damaging countless others and killing four sailors.
According to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO), a Turkish bulk carrier bound for Yemen, the 52,200 DWT Anadolu S, narrowly escaped Houthi missile attacks twice in the past 24 hours while sailing through the Bab el-Mandel Strait and the Gulf of Aden.
Maritime security company Diaplous revealed that just minutes before the attack, the ship received a warning notice on VHF Channel 16 from an unknown entity asking it to change course, without providing any other details or reasons.
The second attack took place on Monday morning, when the Anadolu S was about 60 nautical miles southeast of Aden and another missile landed near the ship. Fortunately, both attacks missed the hull, and the ship and crew are now safe and on their way to their next port of call.
So far, the Houthis have not claimed responsibility for the November 17 and 18 attacks on the ship.
The crew had been trapped on the car transport ship for the past year. Seventeen of the crew members were from the Philippines, while the remaining eight were three Ukrainians, two Bulgarians, two Mexicans and one Romanian.
However, there is little hope of their release and no sign that they will be high on the international diplomatic agenda. Two Bulgarian crew members confided in a Bulgarian politician during a visit in September that they "felt hopeless and forgotten by the world." Although the Philippine Foreign Ministry has repeatedly called for the release of the sailors, it has failed to do so due to various problems.
The fate of the sailors is closely linked to the end of the war in Gaza, and the International Transport Workers' Federation has said it believes the ship will remain in detention until Israel ends its assault on Gaza.
The Houthis said that if the Palestinian resistance agreed, they would release the Galaxy Leader and its crew, claiming that the crew had been treated humanely in accordance with Islamic teachings. Since the capture of the Galactic Leader, the Houthis have attacked more than 100 ships with drones and missiles, sinking two, damaging countless others and killing four sailors.
