{"id":996318,"date":"2026-08-12T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/996318\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:14:18","slug":"pakistan-says-3-citizens-killed-in-houthi-attack-on-ship-off-yemen-in-the-bab-el-mandeb-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/996318\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan says 3 citizens killed in Houthi attack on ship off Yemen in the Bab el-Mandeb strait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three Pakistani nationals were among those killed when Iranian-backed Houthis attacked a ship off Yemen, the first known deaths from the rebels\u2019 attacks on shipping in the latest bout of fighting<\/a> that has raised fears of war expanding in the region.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war<\/a> and the wider Middle East. Full coverage can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Three Pakistanis among the dead in Houthi attack on ship<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday condemned the attack by Houthi rebels on the ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, saying three Pakistanis had been killed in the attack and another wounded. A total of six people were killed in the attack on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

\u201cSuch attacks endanger innocent lives, constitute a violation of international law, and pose a serious threat to freedom of navigation, maritime security, and the safety of commercial shipping in the Red Sea,\u201d Dar said in a post on X. <\/p>\n

With the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> effectively shut down by Iran and a U.S. blockade on Iranian ports, there has been a renewed focus on the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb strait at Yemen\u2019s southern tip, which is an alternate route for Saudi Arabia to ship its oil.<\/p>\n

The attack came as part of a growing number of Houthi strikes against government forces in Yemen and oil facilities in neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports the Yemeni government, and the kingdom\u2019s shipping in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n

Fears are growing that the renewed violence could reignite Yemen\u2019s civil war following a 2022 truce, and open a new front in the Middle East war.<\/p>\n

Trump insists blockade gives US control of Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n

Claiming the U.S. has \u201ctotal control\u201d of the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said Wednesday: \u201cI THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s social media post referred to the U.S. blockade of Iran\u2019s ports. A vital route for one-fifth of the world\u2019s traded oil before the war, the strait has been largely closed to other traffic since the start of the war because of Iran\u2019s attacks on shipping. <\/p>\n

Those attacks have continued despite the blockade and U.S. strikes.<\/p>\n

Iran has said the strait will only reopen if the U.S. meets a list of demands<\/a>, including lifting the blockade, ending sanctions and compensating Iran for damage inflicted by the war, which began with a surprise U.S. and Israeli attack on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n

Pakistan presses to defuse tensions between US and Iran <\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met Iranian Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam in Islamabad on Wednesday as Pakistan seeks to resume peace negotiations between Iran and the U.S.<\/p>\n

Their meeting came a day after Pakistan sent Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi to Tehran for talks with Iran\u2019s top leaders.<\/p>\n

An interim deal to end the fighting reached in mid-June is set to expire Monday. The ceasefire collapsed last month as the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes over more than two weeks before pausing.<\/p>\n

Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi told reporters Wednesday the June deal remains valid and the deadline could be extended.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not closing the chapter,\u201d Andrabi said.<\/p>\n

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Turkey condemns Colombia\u2019s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights <\/p>\n

Turkey condemned the decision by Colombia\u2019s new government<\/a> to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, calling it a move to \u201clegitimize Israel\u2019s occupation\u201d of the territory.<\/p>\n

Colombia, shortly after the swearing-in of conservative Abelardo de la Espriella<\/a> as president on Friday, became just the second country to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory, which Israel captured during the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed in 1981.<\/p>\n

The United States was the first<\/a> during Trump\u2019s first term, reversing more than a half-century of U.S. policy.<\/p>\n

The United Nations recognizes the territory as part of Syria. Turkey\u2019s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Colombia\u2019s move constitutes \u201ca grave violation of international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israeli troops accused of destroying a Lebanese school building<\/p>\n

Israeli forces occupying the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in southern Lebanon blew up a four-story public school building on Wednesday as well as a municipal building and a children\u2019s nursery, Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency reported.<\/p>\n

The village\u2019s municipal council called the destruction a \u201cheinous crime.\u201d There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.<\/p>\n

Zawtar al-Sharqiyah is adjacent to a newly implemented \u201cpilot zone\u201d from which Israeli forces are supposed to gradually withdraw and hand control to the Lebanese army in exchange for disarmament of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

Lebanese officials have objected to the Israeli military\u2019s ongoing detonation of homes and other buildings in southern Lebanon amid negotiations to expand the pilot zones.<\/p>\n

The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began March 2, two days after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran.<\/p>\n

Kuwaiti authorities thwart plot against unnamed facility<\/p>\n

Kuwait\u2019s Interior Ministry said a \u201cterrorist plot\u201d against an unspecified facility was thwarted Wednesday when a Kuwaiti citizen affiliated with the Islamic State group was detained shortly before carrying out his plan.<\/p>\n

The ministry said the man had received training on making explosives and activating drones to be used in the planned attack.<\/p>\n

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