Yemen’s Houthis announced, Wednesday, a military operation against US Navy ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The Houthis said that their forces it clashed with several US warships in the Gulf of Aden and Bab el-Mandab that were providing cover for 2 US commercial ships, directly hitting one of them with ballistic missiles, and consequently forcing the commercial vessels to retreat. by According to the military spokesman “Yahya Saree”.
Two American-flagged ships carrying cargo for the U.S. Defense and State departments came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday, officials said, with the U.S. Navy intercepting some of the incoming fire.
The U.S. military’s Central Command in an online statement blamed the Houthis for the attack, saying they fired “three anti-ship ballistic missiles.”
“One missile impacted in the sea,” the statement said. “The two other missiles were successfully engaged and shot down by the USS Gravely,” an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer.
