Meanwhile, on Saturday, Bahrain’s state-run news agency reported that its national carrier, Gulf Air, had been targeted in a hack that may have seen “some information from its email and client database” accessed.Ī statement posted online by a self-described group calling itself Al-Toufan, or “The Flood” in Arabic, claimed the hacking of Gulf Air. casualties or significant damage, a major U.S. forces and Israel by Iran’s allies throughout the region suggest Tehran is willing to turn up the heat in a limited fashion, but unless the attacks cause U.S. “Iran has been wary of intervening in the ongoing Middle East crisis and is likely to avoid any action that might escalate the conflict,” the Eurasia Group, a geopolitical risk firm, said in an analysis. However, Iran itself has yet to be linked directly to an attack. Iranian-backed militias in Iraq also have launched attacks on American troops in both Iraq and Syria during the war. “Vessels in the vicinity are advised to exercise caution and report any suspicious activity,” it warned. On Saturday, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which provides warnings to sailors in the Middle East, said “an entity declaring itself to be the Yemeni authorities” had ordered at least one ship away from a location off Hodeida, Yemen, in the Red Sea. 7 attack, the Houthis seized a vehicle transport ship in the Red Sea off Yemen. In the Israel-Hamas war, which began with the militants’ Oct. However, Tehran and Israel have been engaged in a yearslong shadow war in the wider Middle East, with some drone attacks targeting Israeli-associated vessels traveling around the region. Iran’s mission to the United Nations didn’t respond to a request for comment. “The vessel’s AIS transmissions were off days prior to the event, indicating this alone does not prevent an attack.” “The attack is likely to have been targeted, due to the vessel’s Israeli affiliation through Eastern Pacific Shipping,” the private intelligence firm Ambrey told the AP. It had done the same earlier when traveling through the Red Sea past Yemen, home to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Ships are supposed to keep their AIS active for safety reasons, but crews will turn them off if it appears they might be targeted. The ship had its Automatic Identification System tracker switched off since Tuesday when it left Dubai’s Jebel Ali port, according to data from analyzed by the AP. The channel cited anonymous sources for the report, which Iranian media later cited. The same drones have been used by Russia in its war on Ukraine, as recently as in a barrage launched Saturday that Kyiv described as Moscow’s biggest drone attack since the war began.Īl-Mayadeen, a pan-Arab satellite channel that is politically allied with the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, reported that an Israeli ship had been targeted in the Indian Ocean. military gathered to assess that Iran was behind the attack, though authorities suspect Tehran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard carried out the assault. The official declined to elaborate on what intelligence the U.S. “We continue to monitor the situation closely,” the official said. The drone exploded, causing damage to the ship but not injuring any of its crew. The defense official, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said the Malta-flagged vessel was suspected to have been targeted by a triangle-shaped, bomb-carrying Shahed-136 drone while in international waters. Subscribe - Holiday Gift Subscriptions Sign In My Account Logout Primary Menu ☰ X
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