Yemen front and the region
Kuwaiti tanker hit by projectile in Hormuz; air strikes on Houthis south of Taiz
A Kuwait-flagged oil products tanker was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz; its crew is safe. In Yemen, a government source reported air strikes on Houthi positions south of Taiz, while accounts conflict over an Iraqi decision to close the group's offices.
Summary
- ConfirmedThe Kuwaiti tanker Al Dasma was hit by an unknown projectile in Hormuz; its crew, including 21 Indians, is safe.
- AttributedYemeni government source: air strikes hit Houthi fighters and vehicles in al-Maafer, south of Taiz.
- DisputedA report says Iraq ordered Houthi offices closed; the government spokesman denies the group has any offices there.
- AttributedCoalition: the Houthis targeted Aden and Rayyan airports and a factory in Taiz; Operation Dawn of Yemen continues.
- ConfirmedQatar and France, and Britain and Oman, call for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened.
Indian seafarers aboard the tanker hit in Hormuz, all safe
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- DisputedIraq
Conflicting accounts of an Iraqi decision to close Houthi offices
Alhurra, citing government sources, reported that Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi ordered Houthi offices closed and members present illegally expelled. Government spokesman Haider al-Aboudi said the group has no offices in Iraq at all. The reports coincide with al-Zaidi's visit to Saudi Arabia.
Source: almashhad.news - AttributedAden · Mukalla · Taiz
Coalition: Houthis targeted Aden and Rayyan airports and a factory in Taiz
Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said the Houthis fired a ballistic missile at Aden airport and three at Rayyan airport in Mukalla, and struck a foam factory in Bir Basha, Taiz. He said Operation Dawn of Yemen will continue until its goals are met. He gave no details of damage to the factory.
Source: newsroom.info - ConfirmedStrait of Hormuz
Unknown projectile hits Kuwaiti tanker in the Strait of Hormuz
India's shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the Kuwait-flagged tanker M/T Al Dasma was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the strait on 21 October. He said the crew, including 21 Indian seafarers, is safe. The Economic Times reported that UKMTO located the incident west of Bukha in Oman. No one has claimed responsibility.
Source: ETV Bharat The Economic Times - ConfirmedGulf
Qatar, France, Britain and Oman call for Hormuz to be reopened
A joint Qatari-French statement after Emir Tamim met President Macron in Doha called for freedom of navigation in Hormuz without restrictions or fees, and condemned Iranian attacks on regional states. In London, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq agreed the strait must be reopened.
Source: Al Jazeera China Daily - AttributedTaiz
Government source: air strikes on Houthis in al-Maafer, south of Taiz
Al Jazeera quoted a Yemeni government source as saying air strikes targeted Houthi fighters and vehicles in al-Maafer district, south of Taiz. There were no details on casualties or who carried out the strikes, and the Houthis have not commented.
Source: Breakingthenews.net