Threat by supreme leader raises concerns of wider regional conflict just ahead of the American presidential election this Tuesday.
The Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, killed three sailors, seized one vessel and sunk another since November.
The populist former leader’s registration puts new pressure on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Middle East is bracing for potential Iranian retaliation over a suspected Israeli strike earlier this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed 12, including a senior Revolutionary Guard general.
A month of American-led airstrikes fail to prevent Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels from launching significant attacks, downing an American Reaper worth tens of millions of dollars.
‘While en route, both ships reported seeing explosions close by and the U.S. Navy accompaniment also intercepted multiple projectiles,’ Maersk says.
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