Houthi rebels fired Iranian missile at Norwegian-flagged ship, US analysis shows

The Strinda was coming from Malaysia and was bound for the Suez Canal with a cargo of palm oil when it was struck by a missile on December 11

Yemen’s Houthi rebels likely fired an Iranian-made anti-ship cruise missile at a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea in December, analysis shows (Hossein Zohrevand/Fars News Agency, File)

Yemen’s Houthi rebels likely fired an Iranian-made anti-ship cruise missile at a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea in December, an assault that now provides a public evidence-based link between the ongoing rebel campaign against shipping and Tehran, the US military says.

A report by the US Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) released on Wednesday linked the attack on the Strinda, which set the vessel ablaze, to Tehran, the Houthi’s main backer in Yemen’s nearly decade-long war.