India, Aug. 5 -- India has condemned the attack on an Indian-flagged merchant vessel carrying 13 Indian nationals that sank in the Red Sea after being attacked off the coast of Yemen on Tuesday.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) called the repeated attacks on commercial vessels in West Asia "deeply worrisome", and said that all the Indian crew members have been rescued.

Shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that cargo vessel, MSV Faize Noore Oliya, capsized and sank after being hit by a "projectile" near Yemeni waters.

Meanwhile, Yemen's internationally recognised government also condemned what it called a "Houthi terrorist attack", saying the Indian-flagged ship was targeted by "an explosiv...