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The Hunt: Houthis kill two commercial sailors

A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed two of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel Wednesday.

On this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,” Fred Burton, executive director of Protective Intelligence at ONTIC, says this could lead to an escalation of the conflict in the region.

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The Hunt: Suspected Russian attacks in Europe indicate Ukraine war is spreading

This week, Russia launched one of its deadliest attacks on Kyiv in months using missiles and drones. At least 17 people were killed and more than 40 wounded, but 800 miles away in Germany, Russia is suspected of launching an attack on an airport, possibly expanding the war. On this episode of "The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green," Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, discusses what happened.
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