Projectile sinks Indian ship near Yemeni waters but all seafarers safe, Indian minister says

An Indian-flagged vessel sank in the Red Sea after being struck by a projectile, but all 14 crew members were rescued by the Yemeni Coast Guard.

A ​projectile struck an ‌Indian-flagged vessel near ​Yemen, causing it to capsize and sink, but all 14 seafarers on board ‌were rescued, India's shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday in a post on X.

The crew members, including 13 Indians, were ‌rescued by the Yemeni Coast Guard and taken to ‌the Port of Mokha, Sonowal said after the commercial vessel, MSV Faize Noore Oliya, sank in the Red Sea. Yemen's transportation ministry, part of the ⁠Saudi-backed, internationally recognised ​government, accused ⁠Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis of carrying out the attack by using an explosive-laden boat. There ⁠was no comment from the group. Red Sea traffic has been ​disrupted off the coast of Yemen by the Houthis, who ⁠want to blockade Saudi exports, expanding the U.S.-Iran conflict that has already choked ⁠oil ​supply through the Strait of Hormuz. India's Foreign Ministry said it is coordinating with Yemeni authorities. Indian refiners have switched to ⁠cargoes from the Middle East on a delivered basis since the ⁠Houthi attacks ⁠on several Saudi tankers.