{"id":8814,"date":"2024-10-24T15:17:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T15:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/?p=8814"},"modified":"2024-10-24T15:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T15:17:45","slug":"old-photo-republished-as-yemeni-armed-forces-engaging-in-violent-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/2024\/10\/24\/old-photo-republished-as-yemeni-armed-forces-engaging-in-violent-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photo republished as Yemeni armed forces engaging in violent battle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A photo has been circulating on\u00a0social media<\/a>, claiming that it documents \u201cthe Yemeni armed forces engaging in a violent battle\u201d recently.<\/p>\n\n\n

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One source of the claim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kashif verified the image via \u201cGoogle Images\u201d tool, and found that it is old and was incorrectly linked to the US-British coalition launching two raids on Hodeidah airport. The image shows the Houthis targeting of the \u201cMarilyn Luanda\u201d ship in January 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Arabiya TV<\/a>\u00a0website published\u00a0the photo on 27\/1\/2024 in a report with the following title: \u201cRed Sea: Extinguishing the fire on the \u2018Marlin Luanda\u2019 and exchanging fire with a boat.\u201d The photo description read: \u201cThe Houthis are targeting cargo ships in the Red Sea owned or operated by Israeli companies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Screenshot of Al Arabiya TV website on 27\/1\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The report<\/a> stated that the tanker, Marlin Luanda, caught fire after being hit by an anti-ship missile launched by the Houthis in the Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Yemen Now News<\/a>\u00a0website also published\u00a0the circulated photo on 27\/1\/2024, and stated that it dates back to the outbreak of fire in the British ship that was targeted by the Houthis in the Gulf of Aden. The British Navy added that it faced difficulty in extinguishing the fire resulting from the explosion of the fifth tank.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Screenshot of Yemen Now News website which published the image on 27\/1\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The official spokesperson of the Houthis,<\/a>\u00a0Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced in a statement dated 26\/1\/2024, that the Yemeni armed forces \u201ccarried out an operation targeting the British oil tanker MARLIN LUANDA in the Gulf of Aden, with a number of naval missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US-British coalition<\/a>\u00a0launched two raids on Hodeidah International Airport in western Yemen on 24\/10\/2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources of Claim<\/td>Sources of Verification <\/td><\/tr>

Iranian media doctor Dr. Sh. <\/a>Abu<\/a>

Hashem <\/a>Al-Zouari, <\/a>a<\/a>

volcano of <\/a>a media network (Ansar Allah)<\/a>

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<\/a><\/td>		 Al Arabiya TV<\/a>

yemennownews<\/a>

Saba
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Al Jazeera<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A photo has been circulating on\u00a0social media, claiming that it documents \u201cthe Yemeni armed forces engaging in a violent battle\u201d recently. Kashif verified the image via \u201cGoogle Images\u201d tool, and found that it is old and was incorrectly linked to the US-British coalition launching two raids on Hodeidah airport. The image shows the Houthis targeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[130,131,83,56,452,451,450,158,81,449],"class_list":{"0":"post-8814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-facts-in-english","8":"tag-claim","9":"tag-fact","10":"tag-houthis","11":"tag-kashif","12":"tag-red-sea","13":"tag-ships","14":"tag-temeni-armed-forces","15":"tag-verified","16":"tag-yemen","17":"tag-yemeni"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8816,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8814\/revisions\/8816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}