From Navigational Disruptors to Ecocriminals: The Environmental Impact of the Houthi Anti-Shipping Campaign in the Red Sea

Mar 12, 2025 | Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco
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The Houthi assaults on shipping traffic in the Red Sea are deliberate acts of marine pollution and environmental destruction. While security and economic considerations have topped the U.S. and European counter-Houthi strategies, the intentional targeting of merchant vessels by the Houthis represents an unprecedented ecological threat to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.