Scoop: "Before sinking, the Western fleet told us there were no ships available to send"

According to the U.S. "Wall Street Journal" on the 11th, the merchant ships "Magic Ocean" and "Eternal C" that were attacked by the Houthi rebels had previously sought help from the British Navy and the EU Navy fleet, but the latter replied that "no ships could be dispatched in the nearby waters."

The video footage released by the media controlled by the Houthi rebels shows the cargo ship "Magic Ocean" sinking after being attacked.

According to previous reports, the Yemeni Houthi rebels announced that they had sunk two cargo ships in the Red Sea off the western province of Hodeida, which were "illegally entering the nearby waters." A representative of the shipping company told the U.S. "Wall Street Journal" that before the ships sank, he had desperately sought help from the British Navy and the EU Navy task force, but they told him that "there were no ships available in the region."

The official also said that the Houthi rebels used drones and other equipment to launch a fierce attack on the cargo ships, causing them to sink and at least three crew members to die, but no American or Western allied warships could offer them any assistance.

In early May, the United States had reached a ceasefire agreement with the Houthi rebels, but after the U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, the Houthi rebels announced that they would resume attacks on U.S. vessels in the Red Sea. However, the report cited a senior U.S. official as saying that as long as the Houthi rebels did not fire on U.S. vessels, the U.S. considered the ceasefire still valid. A Pentagon spokesperson stated that the U.S. has not changed its "force posture" in response to the incident.

The report states that due to insufficient military resources such as ships in the nearby waters, the West has found it increasingly difficult to counter the Houthi rebels' increasingly complex arsenal in recent months. Senior U.S. officials, a Royal Navy spokesperson, and the head of the EU Naval Force in the Middle East, Aspidas, all stated that the Western navies have "no ships" near the Red Sea shipping lanes.

Liang Youzhi

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