By Mohammed Ghobari, Jonathan Saul and Nayera Abdallah
Aug 11 (Reuters) – Three crew members were killed in a suspected attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a small cargo vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday while a container ship was hit by a missile off Pakistan in a suspected U.S. attack, sources said.
The fatalities aboard the Egyptian-owned Tihamah, if confirmed, would be the first deaths in a Houthi strike on shipping since the Iran war began on February 28. The Houthis have not claimed the attack.
