Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

December 17, 2020       Share:    

Source: https://jcpa.org/is-iran-threatening-oil-shipping-before-president-trump-departs-the-white-house/

Iran Threatens Oil Shipping in the Red Sea

(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Lenny Ben David - On Dec. 14, 2020, the BW Rhine fuel tanker was hit with an explosion while unloading at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. It is believed that the Rhine was hit by a robot boat, probably steered by Iran's proxy, the Houthis in Yemen. Several such "suicide boats" have been intercepted in recent months in the Red Sea. Instructions and intelligence are believed to be transmitted from a "mother ship," the Iranian cargo ship Savitz, anchored in the Red Sea.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: