Yemen Houthis say they launched attacks against US naval vessels

Yemen’s Houthi group shows the firing of the so-called surface-to-surface ‘hypersonic ballistic missile’ at an unrevealed site in Yemen on September 16, 2024 [Houthi Media Center via Getty Images]

Yemen’s Houthis said, on Tuesday, they conducted two military operations against US naval vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas, which the group’s military spokesperson said lasted for eight hours, Reuters reports.

The first operation targeted a US aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea with a number of missiles and drones, while the second operation launched missiles and drones at two US destroyers in the Red Sea, Yahya Sarea said.

A vessel 70 nautical miles south-west of Yemen’s Hudaydah reported several explosions in its vicinity earlier on Tuesday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said, adding that the vessel sustained no damage, and the crew remained safe.

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