A “potential explosion” has struck a key shipping route off the coast of Yemen, the British military said on Sunday.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) wing of the military issued a brief warning to shippers that the incident happened in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait which separates East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.
The UKMTO said drone activity had also been reported in the area.
The Bab el-Mandeb links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. That area has seen a series of attacks in recent weeks attributed to Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who have also launched missiles and drones toward Israel over its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The Houthis have not yet acknowledged the incident.
