By Mohammed Ghobari, Jonathan Saul and Nayera AbdallahAug 11 (Reuters) - Three crew members were killed in a suspected attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a small cargo vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday while a container ship was hit by a missile off Pakistan in a suspected U.S. attack, sources said.The fatalities aboard the Egyptian-owned Tihamah, if confirmed, would be the first deaths in a Houthi strike on shipping since the Iran war began on February 28. The Houthis have not claimed the attack.

Three crew members on a cargo ship reportedly died after an alleged Houthi attack on Tuesday.

Maritime security sources told Reuters a cargo ship was believed to have been targeted in the Red Sea, but the fate of the crew was unclear. | World News

A cargo ship was attacked by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, killing three crew members. The Tanzania-flagged Tihamah was hit by an unknown projectile off the coast of Yemen. Two…