{"id":35205,"date":"2022-04-17T13:57:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T13:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/17\/yemens-rebels-criticize-new-us-led-task-force-in-red-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:25:15","slug":"yemens-rebels-criticize-new-us-led-task-force-in-red-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/04\/17\/yemens-rebels-criticize-new-us-led-task-force-in-red-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemen\u2019s rebels criticize new, US-led task force in Red Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAIRO \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/02\/01\/us-military-fired-patriot-missiles-during-yemen-houthi-attack-on-uae\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yemen\u2019s Houthis<\/a> criticized&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/04\/13\/combined-maritime-forces-establishes-new-naval-group-to-patrol-red-sea-region\/\">a new U.S.-led task force that will patrol the Red Sea<\/a>&nbsp;following a series of attacks by the Iran-backed rebels in a waterway that\u2019s essential to global trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the Houthis\u2019 chief negotiator and spokesman, said late Friday that the U.S. move in the Red Sea, which comes amid a cease-fire in the country\u2019s civil war, contradicts Washington\u2019s claim of supporting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yemen-truce-ramadan-4d2d6e7cea5cfbad04bc018650f9e458\">the U.N.-brokered truce.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The task force \u201censhrines the aggression and blockade on Yemen,\u201d he claimed on his Telegram social media account.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2022\/04\/13\/combined-maritime-forces-establishes-new-naval-group-to-patrol-red-sea-region\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7065123.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Combined Maritime Forces establishes new naval group to patrol Red Sea region<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. 5th Fleet and the multinational Combined Maritime Forces are standing up a new task force for Red Sea region security, following the success of recent task forces in recent years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdul-Salam apparently referred to a Saudi-led coalition the rebels have been fighting for years. The coalition, which until recently was backed by the U.S., imposes an air and sea blockade on Houthi-held areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran is the main supporter of the Houthis who seized Yemen\u2019s capital, Sanaa, in September 2014. The Saudi-led coalition entered the war on the side of Yemen\u2019s exiled government in March 2015. Years of inconclusive fighting has pushed the Arab world\u2019s poorest nation to the brink of famine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another Houthi leader, Daifallah al-Shami, also criticized the U.S.-led task force, saying it sends negative signals and \u201cgives a darker reading to the truce,\u201d according to the rebels\u2019 media office. He also did not elaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new task force of two to eight ships patrolling at a time will be commissioned Sunday and aims to target those smuggling coal, drugs, weapons and people in the Red Sea, according to Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who oversees the U.S. Navy\u2019s Mideast-based 5th Fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USS Mount Whitney, a Blue Ridge class amphibious command ship previously part of the Navy\u2019s African and European 6th Fleet, will join the task force, Cooper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Cooper did not name the Houthis when he announced the task force Wednesday, the rebels have launched explosives-laden drone boats and mines into the waters of the Red Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Red Sea runs from Egypt\u2019s Suez Canal in the north down through the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the south that separates Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coal smuggling through the Red Sea has been used by Somalia\u2019s al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group to fund attacks. Weapons linked by the U.S. Navy and analysts to Iran have been intercepted in the region as well, likely on their way to the Houthis. The rebels also fired missiles in the Red Sea that have come near an American warship in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 60-day cease-fire around the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan appears for now to be holding despite repeated violations that both parties blamed each other for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.N.-brokered cease-fire, that began on April 2, is the first nationwide one in six years. 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