Commander of the US fleet in the Red Sea: We have managed to reduce the capabilities of the Houthis
Yemen Monitor/News Room
The Commander of the American Red Sea Fleet, Admiral Mark Meigs, said that his forces have managed to reduce the capabilities of the Houthis, but there is still much work to be done.
The US fleet commander added that “Houthi attacks have slowed down and shifted from using cruise missiles to less dangerous drones,” noting that “our intelligence did not accurately know the number of Houthi missiles at the beginning of the conflict.”
Meigs pointed out that “with Iran’s support for the Houthis intelligence and militarily, the timing of completing the mission cannot be predicted,” indicating that “Iran has two ships in the region, one of them intelligence off Djibouti and the other for support.”
Yahya Saree, the spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, said that two American ships, “MAERSK SARATOGA” and “APL DETROIT,” were targeted in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, as well as the British ship “HUANG PU” in the Red Sea and the ship “PRETTY LADY” while it was heading to Israeli ports.
Yesterday, the Houthi group announced that its forces carried out 6 operations during the past 3 days with missiles and drones in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and on Israeli sites.
Source: Bloomberg
