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Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen unsuccessfully targeted a Singaporean-owned container vessel with two anti-ship ballistic missiles as it transited the Red Sea, the U.S. military said.
The Filipino seafarers, who have been hostaged since November 2023, are 'safe' and able to contact their families, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs
Yemen's Houthi militants fired two missiles at a Singapore-owned merchant vessel in the Red Sea on 11 March, marking the second attack on a Singapore-owned ship in less than a week.
The Philippine government reassured on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, the families of the 17 Filipino seafarers who remain in captivity of Houthi rebels in Yemen that efforts are being exerted for their release and that they have not been forgotten.
'Napakasakit po sa amin, lalo na po sa pamilya,' a surviving Filipino seafarer says of his two fellow crew who were killed in the attack