Weapons on a ship – level 2

Weapons on a ship

14-05-2021 07:00

The US Navy met a ship in the Arabian Sea and the ship was full of guns.

There were thousands of weapons which were inside green plastic bags. At first, it was not clear who the guns were for and where the ship was going. In the past, the US Navy found similar guns on different ships, and these guns were for Houthi rebels in Yemen. Officials found out that the ship was coming from Iran, and it was a big problem because the US banned Iran to sell guns.

In 2014, war started in Yemen, and people brought many guns to the country illegally. The US and other countries tried to stop the war, but it was clear that the war would not end soon.

Difficult words: rebel (a person who fights against the government), ban (to officially stop something), illegally (against the rules of a country).

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