✦ History

Red Sea crisis

October 19, 2023

Yemen's Houthis attacked commercial ships in the Red Sea in support of Hamas during the Israel–Hamas war. Many shipping companies avoided the route, and the United States and Britain struck Houthi targets.

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Battles 3

December 18, 2023 – May 6, 2025
Operation Prosperity Guardian Red Sea Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak
February 19, 2024
Operation Aspides Red Sea Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron
March 15, 2025
March–May 2025 United States attacks in Yemen Sanaa

Key commanders

United States 7

Donald Trump military commander Joe Biden military commander Rishi Sunak military commander Keir Starmer military commander Grant Shapps military commander Pete Hegseth military commander Lloyd Austin military commander

European Union 8

Olaf Scholz military commander Friedrich Merz military commander Emmanuel Macron military commander Alexander De Croo military commander Bart De Wever military commander Kaja Kallas military commander Kyriakos Mitsotakis military commander Giorgia Meloni military commander

Yemen 1

Abd al-Aziz ibn Habtour military commander