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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets in Port Sudan with Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council leader and armed forces commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to seek an end to the Sudanese Civil War.
2024-07-9

The United States military launches attacks on and destroys seven Houthi radar stations in Yemen in retaliation after a merchant sailor went missing following Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea.
2024-06-14

Italian Navy destroyer "Caio Duilio" shoots down a Houthi drone in self-defence while in the Red Sea.
2024-03-2

The Royal Navy's HMS "Diamond" shoots down a drone launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen over the Red Sea using a Sea Viper missile.
2023-12-16

A commercial tanker, "Ardmore Encounter", is attacked off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea with missiles and by gunmen using speedboats. The ship fended off the attack and suffered no damage. Separately, the USS "Mason" shoots down a drone launched by the Houthis.
2023-12-13

The Iranian Navy captures and later releases two American sea drones in the Red Sea.
2022-09-2

Russian President Vladimir Putin approves the construction of a new Russian Navy facility in Sudan. The naval base will be built near Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast, and will hold up to 300 military and civilian personnel.
2020-11-16

Iran claims one of its oil tankers was hit in the Red Sea, likely by missiles. The Saudi Ports Authority confirms an incident with a tanker near the port of Jeddah overnight.
2019-10-11

Houthi forces launch rockets that hit and reportedly destroy HSV-2 "Swift", a military vessel belonging to the United Arab Emirates Navy, off the coast of Yemen, near the strategic Red Sea port of Mokha.
2016-10-1

At least 40 people, including several fishermen, are reportedly killed following Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on two islands off Yemen's Red Sea coast. Local fisherman reported coalition aircraft and warships struck the Aqban and Kadman islands targeting Houthi forces but also destroyed several boats killing local fishermen.
2015-10-24