A drone boat captured from Yemen's Houthi rebels that was once loaded with explosives. The rebels have used such boats and mines against shipping in the Red Sea. AP
A drone boat captured from Yemen's Houthi rebels that was once loaded with explosives. The rebels have used such boats and mines against shipping in the Red Sea. AP
A drone boat captured from Yemen's Houthi rebels that was once loaded with explosives. The rebels have used such boats and mines against shipping in the Red Sea. AP
A drone boat captured from Yemen's Houthi rebels that was once loaded with explosives. The rebels have used such boats and mines against shipping in the Red Sea. AP

Arab Coalition: Three Egyptian fishermen killed by Houthi mine


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Three Egyptian fishermen were killed when a mine laid by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck their boat in the Red Sea, the Arab Coalition said on Friday.

Col Turki Al Malki, spokesman for the Saudi-led alliance supporting Yemen's government, said three other fishermen aboard the boat were rescued by coalition naval forces.

The boat was struck at 2am on Wednesday while in international waters, Col Al Malki said.

He said mines planted by the Iran-backed rebels posed a serious threat to maritime navigation and international trade in the southern Red Sea and Bab Al Mandeb – the narrow waterway between Yemen and Djibouti. International shipping must pass through the strait en route to or from the Egypt's Suez Canal.

Col Al Malki said the coalition had found and neutralised 137 mines planted by the Houthis.

The coalition has also intercepted "drone boats" packed with explosives that the rebels have used to target naval vessels and shipping.

Britain's naval chief, Admiral Sir Philip Jones, noted last year that the Houthis' "increased use of practical but unconventional technology such as remote-controlled and autonomous surface craft is a particular concern to global mariners”.

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Some of Darwish's last words

"They see their tomorrows slipping out of their reach. And though it seems to them that everything outside this reality is heaven, yet they do not want to go to that heaven. They stay, because they are afflicted with hope." - Mahmoud Darwish, to attendees of the Palestine Festival of Literature, 2008

His life in brief: Born in a village near Galilee, he lived in exile for most of his life and started writing poetry after high school. He was arrested several times by Israel for what were deemed to be inciteful poems. Most of his work focused on the love and yearning for his homeland, and he was regarded the Palestinian poet of resistance. Over the course of his life, he published more than 30 poetry collections and books of prose, with his work translated into more than 20 languages. Many of his poems were set to music by Arab composers, most significantly Marcel Khalife. Darwish died on August 9, 2008 after undergoing heart surgery in the United States. He was later buried in Ramallah where a shrine was erected in his honour.

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