India evacuates 19 sailors stranded in Yemen

The Indian Embassy in Yemen said it had evacuated 19 Indian sailors who had been in Hodeidah and Sanaa for about two weeks. All those evacuated are well and returning to India.

The diplomatic mission thanked everyone who helped arrange the citizens’ safe departure.

As tensions in the region persist, risks to sailors and commercial shipping remain. An Indian foreign ministry spokesperson earlier said that 23 Indian nationals, including 15 sailors, had died during the conflict in West Asia. Five more Indians were killed in attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea region, while two remain missing.

On Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition said its air defenses had intercepted two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward Riyadh.