Houthi rebels are adapting their tactics and weapons to carry out attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, defying military action by the international community and an arms embargo, The National can disclose.
While naval operations led by the UN and the EU have saved the lives of civilian sailors by shooting down missiles and drones, the pace of attacks shows no sign of abating, according to experts in shipping crossing through the vital international trade lanes. Several assessments have concluded air strikes have “not seriously degraded” the Houthis capabilities.
They are said to be making hundreds of millions from shipping companies to ensure safe transit, while the economies of surrounding countries have been “heavily” impacted.
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The Houthis began these attacks in response to Israeli strikes on Gaza that followed the Hamas-led attacks on Israeli communities on October 7, 2023. The Iran-backed Yemeni rebels said these were in solidarity with Palestinians, and initially vowed to attack all ships connected to Israel, later extending this to the US and the UK. They have said their action will end once the fighting in Gaza stops.
A year of attacks
According to figures from ACLED, a non-governmental organisation that gathers data on armed conflict, there were 297 attacks on all shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden by November 18, including on warships sent to protect the merchant vessels.
Of that number, there have been 133 verified attacks on commercial cargo ships, which includes some that were hit twice. The most recent attacks, which Houthis have claimed but ACLED says are unverified, were against three vessels on November 30. The EU’s naval protection operation, named Aspides, has recorded 143 missile launches against ships and two dozen drone strikes.
Houthi tactics have also evolved since the strikes began. They have added a campaign of intimidation against ship owners, warning them against any ties with Israel, the US and the UK.
A social media propaganda campaign pumping out content boasting about the attacks has grown unabated across the year of confrontation with the world's most sophisticated militaries.
Nowhere fast
Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts to bring about an end to the attacks have proved fruitless. In an attempt to find a breakthrough, the International Maritime Organisation's Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez has spoken to a host of governments in the Middle East, as well as the Houthis' main backers, Tehran.
The US has designated the Houthis as terrorists and has publicly denied claims made by the Yemeni group that it has offered them concessions in return for peace. It denied claims by the Houthis in September that the US had offered to recognise its government in Sanaa in exchange for halting attacks.
Inevitably, some shipping companies continue to avoid the area, instead sending vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, increasing journey time and ramping up fuel costs.
One captain told The National about the experience of seeing a ship hit and the extraordinary level of vigilance that is crucial to protect crew and vessel from Houthi attacks. Another relived the trauma of battling a fire on board after being struck by a missile.
Opening move
Houthi rebels began their attacks on world shipping in the Red Sea with a spectacular video taken from a helicopter swooping over the deck of the Galaxy Leader.
Masked gunmen swarmed across the deck and burst on to the bridge, where a terrified crewman was seen with his hands up. Other footage showed boats swarming around the ship. The footage delivered a propaganda coup and sent shock waves through the shipping industry.
The crew remain in captivity and the Israel-connected ship is tied up off the coast of Yemen, where it has become a tourist attraction.
Since their spectacular opening move, the Houthis have made more attempts to board ships but the overwhelming number of attacks have come through missiles and drones, either aerial or surface.
They have amassed what the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank described as a “remarkably diverse array of anti-ship weaponry”.
The Houthis are subject to arms embargo but have been able to obtain supplies of Iranian anti-ship missiles, some of which they have adapted. They are a mixture of ballistic missiles, which follow an unpowered trajectory after being launched upwards, and cruise missiles that are able to fly a few metres above the sea.
Houthi arsenal
The Houthis arsenal is varied and evolving. They use fishing vessel spotters and drones to visually identify targets, as well as the electronic signals being relayed from the ships themselves.
In 2022, the Houthis unveiled the Asef anti-ship ballistic missile at a military parade, which the IISS says is “clearly” an anti-ship variant of Iran's Fateh missile. The Houthis also have Iranian cruise missiles, that are based on Chinese technology, in their inventory which they have used against shipping. These have been stored in underground facilities and can be deployed on mobile launchers disguised as civilian lorries.
Their arsenal also includes aerial “kamikaze drones” carrying a small but deadly explosive device, again based on technology supplied by Iran. The Houthis have also built surface drones to carry explosives to attack shipping, including skiffs.
Admiral Vasileios Gryparis of Greece's Hellenic Navy, whose ships form part of the Aspides operation, said the Houthis have demonstrated an ability to adapt relatively crude technology to allow them to direct missiles towards their targets using their Automatic Identification System.
“There are also devices on the market specifically for AIS that they programme and put inside their weapons,” he said.
“They are helping their weapons to be directed directly to your ships. And these devices cost less than $150.”
Joshua Hutchinson, managing director of intelligence and risk at Ambrey, global maritime risk management experts, told The National this technology allows “last mile engagement”, with the target, making it much more difficult for a ship to take evasive action.
The Houthis have also refined the targets they choose to attack and are “very clear” that they are targeting US, UK, Israeli operated or affiliated vessels.
“Anyone that falls outside of that scope is allowed to transit under the Houthi mandate through the Red Sea,” said Mr Hutchinson.
Sailors' gauntlet
The captain of a container ship described the extraordinary level of vigilance that is crucial to protect the crew and vessel from the threat of armed drones, missiles and piracy attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Captain BP, who agreed to give only his initials, saw a tanker after it was hit by a Houthi missile in August and said the crew on board his vessel sailing to Libya needed reassurance as tensions ran high.
“We saw a tanker burning, saw a lot of black smoke and we had got news that it was targeted,” the 46-year-old Indian captain who has sailed across the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden four times over the past year told The National.
“I have to keep the crew motivated, keep their spirits up so I told them not to panic, to calm down, be vigilant and keep moving.”
The Indian captain said staying in contact with naval warships patrolling the area and closely watching the radar to pick up approaching boats was vital.
“I have sailed before in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and we take normal precautions like rigging razor wire and keeping additional watch but things are totally different now,” he said.
“We can take many precautions but if there is a drone or missile attack, we cannot do anything. We have had boats chasing us but luckily we have not been in an attack.”
Captain Avhilash Rawat was not as fortunate. The 40-year-old was walking along a gangway of the Marlin Luanda in January, on his way to the bridge, when suddenly a missile hit and “the whole ship shook”. He was awarded the Exceptional Bravery at Sea Award by the International Maritime Organisation after battling the fire that broke out on board for 24 hours.
Ships that have been less fortunate include the True Confidence. Three of the bulk carrier's crew were killed and at least four wounded in a missile attack off the coast of Yemen.
Other ships to be hit include the MV Sounion, which was carrying 150,000 tonnes of crude and caught fire after being attacked on August 21.
One precautions captains have taken is to turn off their ship's AIS transponders, which give their location to other vessels. They are allowed to do this under international maritime law if they believe their AIS might compromise their safety.
In its safety recommendations to shipping, Aspides says “turning AIS off saves lives”. Since February, 85 per cent of vessels that were targeted had their AIS on, while only 5 per cent of vessels with their AIS off were hit.
Under the radar
Admiral Gryparis said this tactic has been so successful that ship owners have been calling Aspides to ask if they could help spot vessels “they had been trying to find for four days” before they emerged “200 miles east” in the Arabian Sea.
Mr Hutchinson said that turning off AIS “does not mean you won't be targeted, and it does not mean you won't be hit. “But it does mean it will make it more difficult for accuracy if fired upon.”
The Houthis have also become more adept at choosing the ships they wish to attack, broadcasting radio messages to ships they deem permitted to transit.
“They are very clear who they're targeting,” said Mr Hutchinson. “Anyone who falls outside of that scope is allowed to transit under the Houthi mandate through the Red Sea.”
Information war
After they began their onslaught, the Houthis also started an information war aimed at instilling fear into ship owners.
An email campaign began in February this year and has been directed by the Humanitarian Operations Command Centre, set up by the Houthis to liaise with the shipping industry.
These initial emails alerted the industry to a Houthi-imposed travel ban on certain vessels, although they did not explicitly warn companies of an imminent attack.
But messages sent after May were more menacing and at least two Greek-operated shipping companies that received threats have decided to end such voyages.
A senior executive at a Greek shipping company in the last few weeks received an email in his personal inbox which had come from the Houthis.
The message, which was also sent to the manager's business email address, warned that one of the company's vessels was at risk of being attacked.
The Greek-managed ship had docked at an Israeli port and would be “directly targeted by the Yemeni Armed Forces in any area they deem appropriate,” read the message.
The threats were also, for the first time in recent months, directed at entire fleets rather than an individual vessel.
From day one, with their propaganda video of the Galaxy Leader attack, the Houthis have also posted material on Telegram, TikTok, and other social media platforms celebrating their disruption of shipping and condemning the US and Israel.
“Victory on the awareness front is more important than victory on the military front,” senior Houthi official Mohammed Al Bukhaiti, wrote on X in March.
Aspides has a dedicated rebuttal unit to blunt the Houthis propaganda efforts, says Admiral Gryparis. “Adding to the complexity of these physical threats is the insidious nature of propaganda campaigns orchestrated by the Houthi forces,” he said.
“This persistent misinformation campaign seeks to intimidate the maritime industry by inflating the perception of their capabilities. Intelligence has systematically debunked many of these claims, with an estimated 60 per cent of their purported victories proven false.”
Fighting back
In December 2023, as the tempo of Houthi attacks increased, the US formed Operation Prosperity Guardian, a multinational security initiative involving 10 countries including the UK, Bahrain and Seychelles.
The US and UK then launched Operation Poseidon Archer in January, a mixture of air strikes and missile attacks against Houthi targets.
The EU followed with Aspides in February and so far naval vessels from Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have taken part.
Such was the success of the UK’s HMS Diamond air defence guided missile destroyer in shooting down Houthi drones that its captain, Commander Peter Evans, was placed under sanctions by Iran.
Israel’s armed forces also carried out air strikes against targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in July and September. These were initially a response to attacks on Tel Aviv and central Israel.
While all the militaries who have taken part in the operations are keen to emphasise their successes from the overwhelming firepower they’ve been able to deploy, others are less sure.
A IISS report published this month says none of the military action has “seriously degraded the capability of the Houthis to launch attacks, nor to smuggle weapons from Iran and other countries”.
Within Yemen “the attacks against Israeli and Western shipping have significantly strengthened the political position of the Houthis, despite their limited effect in military terms”.
While Prosperity Guardian and Aspides have “saved the lives of civilian sailors”, the operations “have failed to reassure the international shipping industry sufficiently for traffic”.
Dr Stavros Karamperidis, a lecturer in maritime economics and the head of the maritime transport research group at Plymouth Business School, told The National that “we have an escalation, and it seems that the overall operational air strikes that the US and the coalition are doing are not making huge impact on the Houthis”.
Shipping costs
Against that backdrop, transits are hitting an all-time low of 200 a month – compared with 1,000 to 1,500 a month before the attacks began.
Ship operators who may have connections to the UK, US or Israel, however tenuous, have rerouted vessels around the Cape of Good Hope.
It’s a journey that adds at least 30 per cent more time and around $1 million in additional fuel costs per diversion, according to IISS calculations.
Dr Karamperidis said half of tankers and dry bulk carriers are still passing through the Red Sea while liquefied natural gas carriers are going around the Cape.
The costs of a longer journey can be offset by not having to pay the added insurance costs for navigating through the Red Sea.
But Louise Nevill, UK chief executive for marine, cargo and logistics at the broker Marsh told The National that “currently, we are seeing premiums as high as 2 per cent on vessel value for a single Red Sea transit amid fluctuating insurer appetite”.
Nils Haupt of Hapag-Lloyd said that “insurance premiums are still sky high” and his company is experiencing “one to seven per cent of the insured value of the vessel per voyage, if you indeed find an insurer who would accept the risk”.
“We still avoid the Red Sea, many competitors as well. We don´t believe the issue will be solved short-term.”
The attacks meant a spike in rates that operators are able to charge. Charges for transporting a 40-foot container from China to Europe through the key waterway surged to about $4,000 in January, according to the Drewry World Container Index, which tracks container freight rates on eight major routes to and from the US, Europe and Asia.
That is a 248 per cent jump from $1,148 from November 21, the week the attacks began, and a 140 per cent increase from $1,667 on December 23, data from London-based Drewry showed.
Data released this month from the Bank of America show that across 2024, the Red Sea situation led to rates more than doubling, despite a 10 per cent net increase in the global fleet.
Economic losses
The increased shipping costs means there is a “significant risk” to the prospects of an economic pickup in the region, UN trade officials warned.
The UN's trade and development agency said “significant risks remain as widening conflicts spur tensions throughout the region, with ripple effects for international shipping in the Red Sea”.
The risks are particularly concentrated in Israel, Lebanon, Yemen and the Palestinian territories, says an annual trade and development report.
But the country most directly affected is Egypt, which obtains substantial revenue from traffic sailing through the Suez Canal.
According to the most recent figures, revenue fell to $7.2 billion in its 2023-24 financial year from $9.4 billion the year before.
But while the economies of the region suffer, the UN believes that the Houthis themselves are earning $2.2 billion a year from shaking down ship operators.
“The Houthis allegedly collected illegal fees from a few shipping agencies to allow their ships to sail through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden without being attacked,” the UN report for the Security Council says, quoting anonymous sources.
“The sources estimate the Houthis' earnings from these illegal safe-transit fees to be about $180 million per month.”
New normal?
Reflecting on a year of Houthi attacks, Mr Hutchinson said the Houthis “aren't going away” and he doesn’t anticipate “any material changes for the next six months”.
“I think we have to remind ourselves of their ideology and that they want to be recognised as a legitimate government,” he said.
“Will they continue to attack the commercial shipping industry? Their current mandate says that as soon as the war in Gaza has stopped, then they will stop. In reality, that can only be proven when it happens.”
While the Red Sea “is topical, it's dramatic, it's explosions, it's rockets, it's missiles” he said the shipping industry is “very good when a crisis happens”.
“We are heading into a new normal and going into 2025 we have to accept that this threat is here to stay. That’s the world we live in – the new normal is instability.”
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Killing of Qassem Suleimani
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
KILLING OF QASSEM SULEIMANI
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THE SPECS
Engine: 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder
Transmission: Constant Variable (CVT)
Power: 141bhp
Torque: 250Nm
Price: Dh64,500
On sale: Now
LILO & STITCH
Starring: Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Maia Kealoha, Chris Sanders
Director: Dean Fleischer Camp
Rating: 4.5/5
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
Six large-scale objects on show
- Concrete wall and windows from the now demolished Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in Poplar
- The 17th Century Agra Colonnade, from the bathhouse of the fort of Agra in India
- A stagecloth for The Ballet Russes that is 10m high – the largest Picasso in the world
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1930s Kaufmann Office
- A full-scale Frankfurt Kitchen designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, which transformed kitchen design in the 20th century
- Torrijos Palace dome
Analysis
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Our family matters legal consultant
Name: Hassan Mohsen Elhais
Position: legal consultant with Al Rowaad Advocates and Legal Consultants.
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UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
KILLING OF QASSEM SULEIMANI
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
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MATCH INFO
Uefa Champions League semi-final, first leg
Bayern Munich v Real Madrid
When: April 25, 10.45pm kick-off (UAE)
Where: Allianz Arena, Munich
Live: BeIN Sports HD
Second leg: May 1, Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
How to watch Ireland v Pakistan in UAE
When: The one-off Test starts on Friday, May 11
What time: Each day’s play is scheduled to start at 2pm UAE time.
TV: The match will be broadcast on OSN Sports Cricket HD. Subscribers to the channel can also stream the action live on OSN Play.
Top 10 most polluted cities
- Bhiwadi, India
- Ghaziabad, India
- Hotan, China
- Delhi, India
- Jaunpur, India
- Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Noida, India
- Bahawalpur, Pakistan
- Peshawar, Pakistan
- Bagpat, India
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The years Ramadan fell in May
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The burning issue
The internal combustion engine is facing a watershed moment – major manufacturer Volvo is to stop producing petroleum-powered vehicles by 2021 and countries in Europe, including the UK, have vowed to ban their sale before 2040. The National takes a look at the story of one of the most successful technologies of the last 100 years and how it has impacted life in the UAE.
Read part four: an affection for classic cars lives on
Read part three: the age of the electric vehicle begins
Read part one: how cars came to the UAE
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ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier 2025, Thailand
UAE fixtures
May 9, v Malaysia
May 10, v Qatar
May 13, v Malaysia
May 15, v Qatar
May 18 and 19, semi-finals
May 20, final
WOMAN AND CHILD
Director: Saeed Roustaee
Starring: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi
Rating: 4/5
match info
Manchester United 3 (Martial 7', 44', 74')
Sheffield United 0
The biog
Name: Dhabia Khalifa AlQubaisi
Age: 23
How she spends spare time: Playing with cats at the clinic and feeding them
Inspiration: My father. He’s a hard working man who has been through a lot to provide us with everything we need
Favourite book: Attitude, emotions and the psychology of cats by Dr Nicholes Dodman
Favourit film: 101 Dalmatians - it remind me of my childhood and began my love of dogs
Word of advice: By being patient, good things will come and by staying positive you’ll have the will to continue to love what you're doing
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Starring: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis
Director: Eli Roth
Rating: 0/5
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The specs: 2017 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn
Price, base / as tested: Dhxxx
Engine: 5.7L V8
Transmission: Eight-speed automatic
Power: 395hp @ 5,600rpm
Torque: 556Nm @ 3,950rpm
Fuel economy, combined: 12.7L / 100km
Zayed Sustainability Prize
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS
Estijaba – 8001717 – number to call to request coronavirus testing
Ministry of Health and Prevention – 80011111
Dubai Health Authority – 800342 – The number to book a free video or voice consultation with a doctor or connect to a local health centre
Emirates airline – 600555555
Etihad Airways – 600555666
Ambulance – 998
Knowledge and Human Development Authority – 8005432 ext. 4 for Covid-19 queries
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
German intelligence warnings
- 2002: "Hezbollah supporters feared becoming a target of security services because of the effects of [9/11] ... discussions on Hezbollah policy moved from mosques into smaller circles in private homes." Supporters in Germany: 800
- 2013: "Financial and logistical support from Germany for Hezbollah in Lebanon supports the armed struggle against Israel ... Hezbollah supporters in Germany hold back from actions that would gain publicity." Supporters in Germany: 950
- 2023: "It must be reckoned with that Hezbollah will continue to plan terrorist actions outside the Middle East against Israel or Israeli interests." Supporters in Germany: 1,250
Source: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
RESULTS
2pm: Maiden Dh 60,000 (Dirt) 1,400m. Winner: Masaali, Pat Dobbs (jockey), Doug Watson (trainer).
2.30pm: Handicap Dh 76,000 (D) 1,400m. Winner: Almoreb, Dane O’Neill, Ali Rashid Al Raihe.
3pm: Handicap Dh 64,000 (D) 1,200m. Winner: Imprison, Fabrice Veron, Rashed Bouresly.
3.30pm: Shadwell Farm Conditions Dh 100,000 (D) 1,000m. Winner: Raahy, Adrie de Vries, Jaber Ramadhan.
4pm: Maiden Dh 60,000 (D) 1,000m. Winner: Cross The Ocean, Richard Mullen, Satish Seemar.
4.30pm: Handicap 64,000 (D) 1,950m. Winner: Sa’Ada, Fernando Jara, Ahmad bin Harmash.
Mohammed bin Zayed Majlis
Lampedusa: Gateway to Europe
Pietro Bartolo and Lidia Tilotta
Quercus
Ms Yang's top tips for parents new to the UAE
- Join parent networks
- Look beyond school fees
- Keep an open mind
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In numbers
1,000 tonnes of waste collected daily:
- 800 tonnes converted into alternative fuel
- 150 tonnes to landfill
- 50 tonnes sold as scrap metal
800 tonnes of RDF replaces 500 tonnes of coal
Two conveyor lines treat more than 350,000 tonnes of waste per year
25 staff on site
The five pillars of Islam
THE SPECS
Engine: 3.5-litre V6
Transmission: six-speed manual
Power: 325bhp
Torque: 370Nm
Speed: 0-100km/h 3.9 seconds
Price: Dh230,000
On sale: now
How to join and use Abu Dhabi’s public libraries
• There are six libraries in Abu Dhabi emirate run by the Department of Culture and Tourism, including one in Al Ain and Al Dhafra.
• Libraries are free to visit and visitors can consult books, use online resources and study there. Most are open from 8am to 8pm on weekdays, closed on Fridays and have variable hours on Saturdays, except for Qasr Al Watan which is open from 10am to 8pm every day.
• In order to borrow books, visitors must join the service by providing a passport photograph, Emirates ID and a refundable deposit of Dh400. Members can borrow five books for three weeks, all of which are renewable up to two times online.
• If users do not wish to pay the fee, they can still use the library’s electronic resources for free by simply registering on the website. Once registered, a username and password is provided, allowing remote access.
• For more information visit the library network's website.
The biog
Favourite car: Ferrari
Likes the colour: Black
Best movie: Avatar
Academic qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in media production from the Higher Colleges of Technology and diploma in production from the New York Film Academy
Mohammed bin Zayed Majlis
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WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE?
1. Black holes are objects whose gravity is so strong not even light can escape their pull
2. They can be created when massive stars collapse under their own weight
3. Large black holes can also be formed when smaller ones collide and merge
4. The biggest black holes lurk at the centre of many galaxies, including our own
5. Astronomers believe that when the universe was very young, black holes affected how galaxies formed
