Anadolu-S

Turkey has not announced any plans to confront the Houthi group in Yemen or deploy six warships in response to the attack on the 'Anadolu S'. Furthermore, no official statements have been made regarding military action against the Houthis. Following the Houthi attack on the cargo ship, Turkey issued an official condemnation in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Nov 20: 'We condemn the missile attacks by the Houthis on the Panama-flagged dry cargo ship Anadolu S, owned by a Turkish company, while sailing off the coast of Yemen.' The statement further mentioned that measures were being taken to prevent similar incidents but provided no further details or commitments to confronting the Houthi group in Yemen. It also did not clarify whether the vessel had sustained any damage.

Turkey on Nov 20 denounced the missile attack targeting the 'Anadolu S' in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi terrorists. "We condemn the Houthi missile attacks on the Panamanian-flagged dry cargo ship Anadolu S, owned by a Turkish company, sailing off the coast of Yemen," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The ministry did not specify whether the ship had suffered any damage and only said that "the necessary initiatives were being taken to prevent a similar incident from happening again." The Houthis, who claimed responsibility for the attack on Nov 19, said it hit the ship “precisely and directly” and was carried out because it had failed to respond “to warnings from naval forces.” The Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC), run by a multinational naval coalition that includes the United States and European countries and based in Bahrain, said it had investigated the incident and had established “an indirect link of the targeted ship to Israel.”

Suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists targeted the 'Anadolu S', which was navigating the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden en route from Alexandria to Qasim, though no injuries or damage were reported, authorities confirmed on Nov 18, 2024. According to the Joint Maritime Information Center, a multinational task force led by the US, the bulk carrier was first contacted via VHF radio by an individual claiming to represent Yemeni authorities, who demanded the vessel change course. The vessel did not comply with the order and continued its transit. Later, the ship’s captain observed a missile landing near the vessel in the southern Red Sea, close to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on the night of Nov 17, 2024, approximately 30 miles west of the city of Mocha. A second incident followed on Nov 18, with another missile landing near the vessel about 70 miles southeast of Aden in the Gulf of Aden. The vessel and crew were safe and proceeding to the next port of call with an ETA as of Nov 23.