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This handout picture released by Yemen's Huthi Ansarullah Media Centre on July 8, 2025 reportedly shows a view of damage to the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C after it was attacked by the Huthis at sea. The Huthis claimed responsibility on July 9 for the deadly attack that sank the merchant vessel earlier this week, their second attack on Red Sea shipping in 24 hours as they resumed their campaign in the key waterway. The ship was badly damaged in the attack that started on July 7 and continued into the following day before the ship sank. Ansarullah Media Ceter/AFP/File

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1764810624415AFP__20250709__66BY77G__v2__MidRes__YemenConflictTransportShip.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>This handout picture released by Yemen&#x27;s Huthi Ansarullah Media Centre on July 8, 2025 reportedly shows a view of damage to the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C after it was attacked by the Huthis at sea. The Huthis claimed responsibility on July 9 for the deadly attack that sank the merchant vessel earlier this week, their second attack on Red Sea shipping in 24 hours as they resumed their campaign in the key waterway. The ship was badly damaged in the attack that started on July 7 and continued into the following day before the ship sank. Ansarullah Media Center/AFP/File</div>Ten crew members of a cargo ship sunk by Yemen&#x27;s Houthis in July have been released and flown from capital Sanaa to Oman, rebel media reported Wednesday.&quot;The crew of the ship Eternity C have been released through Omani mediation, and a plane is transporting them from Sanaa to Muscat,&quot; the Houthi rebels&#x27; Al-Masirah television channel reported.Ten of the crew &quot;left Sanaa airport&quot; on Wednesday afternoon, the channel later said on X.Footage broadcast by Oman TV showed the crew arriving in capital Muscat, where they were received by Omani and Philippine officials.The news came a day after Philippine authorities said <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/2/9-filipino-seafarers-held-by-houthis-to-be-released-transferred-to-oman-from-yemen-dfa-2315">nine Filipino crew members</a> of the ship were set to be released by the Iran-backed group.A Houthi security source told AFP that the crew&#x27;s release was part of an agreement to repatriate 35 Yemenis stranded abroad.&quot;An agreement was reached with the Omani side for the return of the sick and wounded who are abroad. They will be handed over to Sanaa, and the crew of the Eternity C will be handed over to the Omani side,&quot; the source said.A Houthi political source, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said that the deal was the result of &quot;pressure&quot; from Sanaa.He said that &quot;the Omani plane that transported the released crew also brought back wounded individuals... who were receiving treatment abroad, as well as others stranded in other countries&quot;.He added that an Omani political delegation had also arrived in Yemen&#x27;s capital to discuss &quot;the progress of negotiations with Saudi Arabia regarding the humanitarian file&quot;.The Houthis released a video of the attack on the Eternity C at the time, saying they had &quot;rescued&quot; an unspecified number of the crew and taken them to a safe location.The Liberian-flagged Eternity C is one of two commercial vessels sunk within days of each other in the Red Sea in July.The attacks were part of their campaign against maritime traffic that they accused of having links to Israel.The campaign was launched in what the rebels described as solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas.The Houthis have not claimed attacks on Israel or on shipping since a Gaza truce came into place in October.<div><iframe width="1425" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4dtE7mTcr_w" title="Yemen&#x27;s Houthis publish video of Filipino-manned vessel sinking in the Red Sea | ABS CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

Ten crew members of a cargo ship sunk by Yemen's Houthis in July have been released and flown from capital Sanaa to Oman, rebel media reported Wednesday.

Ten crew members of a cargo ship sunk by Yemen's Houthis in July have been released and flown from capital Sanaa to Oman, rebel media reported Wednesday.

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Filipino survivors of ship sunk by Yemen's Houthis released: rebel media

Agence France-Presse

Published December 04, 2025 09:13 AM PHT

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Updated December 04, 2025 09:36 AM PHT

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