US-linked shipping faces ‘high’ threat in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden: UK Maritime Trade Operations

The Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) issued an urgent advisory warning on Sunday that the threat to US-associated commercial shipping in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and Gulf of Aden is now classified as “high,” citing escalating regional tensions following US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, Anadolu reports. The situation in the region further deteriorated after US President Donald Trump announced Sunday that American forces carried out “very successful” airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, amid growing fears of a broader conflict in the region. The US targeted Iran’s nuclear sites with six bunker-buster bombs dropped on the Fordo facility with B-2 stealth bombers, along with dozens of submarine-launched cruise missile strikes on the Natanz and Isfahan facilities. The […]