Yemen's Houthi rebels publish footage allegedly showing their dramatic assault on cargo vessel in the Red Sea.

The group sank just two ships in all of 2024, and none since last June. Now they have sunk two in less than a week. Yet the world’s reaction has largely been to shrug—a sign of how much the Houthis have already roiled global shipping, and how difficult it is to stop them by force.

Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have sunk vessels and disrupted shipping routes worth $1 trillion annually, as Middle East experts call for U.S. support of Yemen's legitimate government.

The commercial ships tried to fight off the attacks, the group’s most complex and violent yet, for more than 48 hours.