Bloomberg: US aircraft carrier leaves Red Sea after Houthi attacks stop

A US aircraft carrier group has left the Red Sea for Europe, weeks after Yemen's Houthi rebel group said it would stop attacking ships in the region.

The US Navy said in a statement that the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman and its fighter jets arrived in Greece after two months of combat operations in the Red Sea region.

The move comes as the shipping industry awaits signs that Red Sea shipping traffic will begin to return to normal after more than a year of disruption.

Although a few American and British ships have sailed through the waterway since the Houthis announced they would halt their attacks, most ships continue to sail thousands of miles around Africa instead.

The Houthis last month announced a partial halt to attacks in response to a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Industry officials have expressed caution about any quick return to the area, despite the first LNG tanker heading to the waterway since September.

The carrier strike group helped carry out multiple strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, in addition to airstrikes against ISIS in Somalia, it said in a statement.

Source: Bloomberg