✦ 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 4

December 18, 2023 – May 6, 2025
Operation Prosperity Guardian Ceasefire between United States and Houthis Red Sea Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Keir Starmer
December 30, 2023
Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou Red Sea
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 belligerent leader Keir Starmer belligerent leader Grant Shapps military commander Pete Hegseth military commander Lloyd Austin military commander John Healey military commander

European Union 8

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

Yemen 2

Abd al-Aziz ibn Habtour belligerent leader Abd al-Malik al-Houthi military commander