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Yemen's Houthis have struck a vessel directly inside the Bab el-Mandeb Strait…

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BREAKING: Yemen's Houthis have struck a vessel directly inside the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, with the ship now sunk to the bottom of the sea, per UKMTO. This is the first sunken vessel inside the Bab el-Mandeb Strait since the start of the Iran war.

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