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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Red Sea tensions rise as Houthis, US exchange tit-for-tat fire
Description: Yemen (MNN) — Houthi rebels and U.S. forces exchange tit-for-tat fire in the Red Sea as concerns about a regional conflict rise.
A Houthi missile struck a U.S. container ship yesterday but did not cause injury or significant damage. On Sunday, U.S. forces shot down a cruise missile fired from Houthi territory toward a U.S. destroyer stationed in the Red Sea.
Trey Hulsey, a consultant for ministries focused on the Middle East, says the Red Sea provides critical access to the Suez Canal.
(Map courtesy Middle East Concern)
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