BombOmOm@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTanker carrying Russian oil to China attacked by Houthi sea dronewww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTanker carrying Russian oil to China attacked by Houthi sea dronewww.newsweek.comBombOmOm@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoHouthis are Shia and their friends are Iran and Hezbollah. Russia is an unreliable transactional partner of their friends, and also Russia is doing a lot of licking up to Turks and Sunni terrorists. So - they know the situation very well.
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoRight, but they previously had an active diplomatic agreement allowing any Russia or China affiliated ships to pass untouched.. Clearly something has changed since then, something that makes them think receiving any Russian support (even indirectly) is not worth it.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoPerhaps Russia broke some other agreement and they responded.
Houthis are Shia and their friends are Iran and Hezbollah. Russia is an unreliable transactional partner of their friends, and also Russia is doing a lot of licking up to Turks and Sunni terrorists.
So - they know the situation very well.
Right, but they previously had an active diplomatic agreement allowing any Russia or China affiliated ships to pass untouched..
Clearly something has changed since then, something that makes them think receiving any Russian support (even indirectly) is not worth it.
Perhaps Russia broke some other agreement and they responded.