NightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News · 11 months agoErdogan accuses U.S., Britain of trying to turn Red Sea into 'sea of blood'www.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down18
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkErdogan accuses U.S., Britain of trying to turn Red Sea into 'sea of blood'www.reuters.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News · 11 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarenekandrolinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down12·11 months agoYemen’s territorial waters bottleneck the Red Sea. By international law, their actions are valid.
minus-squaremean_bean279@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·11 months agoHouthis are a rebel group and not the officially recognized government last time I checked. So if you want to bring up international law for rebel groups then I guess we can add thousands of new governments suddenly?
minus-squarenekandrolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·11 months agoThey have de facto control, but lack de jure control. Where have we seen this before…
Yemen’s territorial waters bottleneck the Red Sea. By international law, their actions are valid.
Houthis are a rebel group and not the officially recognized government last time I checked. So if you want to bring up international law for rebel groups then I guess we can add thousands of new governments suddenly?
They have de facto control, but lack de jure control.
Where have we seen this before…