As U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani spoke to reporters together in Washington on Tuesday, Mr. Blinken appealed to the Houthi terrorist organization to end its attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea.
Mr. Blinken highlighted the potential environmental disaster posed by a fuel slick resulting from the Houthis sinking of one ship, as well as the large number of assaults on vessels carrying food—including some carrying grain to Yemen. “So if the Houthis care at all about their own standing, their own reputation, the way in which they’re seen by the world, they will stop these attacks and stop the terrible damage that it’s doing to people in the region, people in Yemen, people around the world,” he said.
