Three people have been killed in the first fatal attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden. The attack sparked a fire aboard the Barbados-flagged Liberian-owned bulk carrier True Confidence, with the rest of the crew taken to safety with the help of a US warship and the Indian navy. It’s the latest in a series of attacks in one of the world’s busiest trade lanes. Our military analyst Sean Bell analyses what the Western response could look like.
How will the West respond after deadly ship attack by Houthis? | Middle East tensions
