Houthi missile strike forces crew to abandon ship

A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels set a Dutch-flagged cargo ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, officials said, injuring two mariners and forcing its crew to abandon the damaged vessel.

- JON GAMBRELL

OSAMAH YAHYA Picture-Alliance/DPA/AP Images HOUTHI FIGHTERS demonstrate against the United States and Israel last month in Sanaa, Yemen.

The attack on the Minervagracht represents the most serious attack in the Gulf of Aden, some distance away from the Red Sea where the Iranian-backed Houthis sank two vessels in July.