The Iranian-backed Houthi sect of Yemen has been increasingly aggressive since 2022, when its missiles and drones caused significant damage in an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on a group of money exchange services from Yemen and Turkey alleged to help provide funding to Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who have been launching attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the southern Red Sea.
Canada is providing three staff officers to the U.S.-led coalition that will defend commercial shipping from attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday will convene a meeting of fellow defense ministers to address the growing number of attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels on merchant ships passing through a key Red Sea strait, on a day when yet another major shipping line said it was halting shipments through the passage in the face of continued attacks.