LONDON, April 4 -- Continuing Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea are "misplaced, reckless and indiscriminate," the US special envoy for Yemen said on Wednesday during a briefing attended by Arab News.
Timothy Lenderking added that the Houthis' activities are harming both ordinary Yemenis and Palestinians, who they claim to be acting in support of.
In a briefing from Muscat following a meeting with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi, and having spent the previous day in Riyadh, Lenderking said Houthi attacks are preventing aid from reaching Palestinians, as well as disrupting global trade.
He added that as well as international shipping entering the Suez Canal, traffic at the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah is also being af...