Houthis Say They Hit Ship Owned by US-Listed Firm in Red Sea

The Star Iris vessel in 2018.Photographer: Pak Agen/MarineTraffic
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Houthi militants targeted the Star Iris with “suitable naval missiles” in the Red Sea, Yahya Saree, a spokesman for the Iran-backed group, said in a statement posted on X.

The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel is owned by US-listed Star Bulk Carriers Corp. and was traveling southward through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.