US warns of environmental disaster from cargo ship hit by Huthi rebels

US warns of environmental disaster from cargo ship hit by Huthi rebels

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Washington (AFP) Feb 24, 2024

A cargo ship abandoned in the Gulf of Aden after an attack by Yemeni rebels is taking on water and has left a huge oil slick, in an environmental disaster that US Central Command said Friday could get worse. Rubymar, a Belize-flagged, British-registered and Lebanese-operated cargo ship carrying combustible fertilizer, was damaged in a Sunday missile strike claimed by the Iran-backed Huthi re

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