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A British-owned vessel has sunk in the Red Sea, nearly two weeks after it was attacked by the Iran-backed Houthi group, Yemen’s internationally recognized government said on Saturday. The Belize-flagged Rubymar sank on Friday during strong winds at sea, Yemen’s official Saba news agency quoted a government crisis group as saying. The government warned of an “environmental disaster” as a result of the reported sinking. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that the vessel sank at about 2:15 am on Saturday local time (2315 GMT Friday) “after being struck by an Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist ant…

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