Tuesday in the Red Sea, US military personnel shot down three drones and fired a missile on a vessel after the Huthis in Yemen declared they had targeted two US warships.
The Huthis, who are supported by Iran, have been targeting ships in the Red Sea for several months, and despite numerous American and British strikes, they have not been able to stop them from endangering this important commerce route.
“US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces shot down one anti-ship ballistic missile and three one-way attack unmanned aerial systems launched from Iranian-backed Houthi controlled areas of Yemen toward USS Carney (DDG 64) in the Red Sea,” the military command said in a statement.
“There are no injuries or damage to the ship,” CENTCOM said, adding that American forces later destroyed three anti-ship missiles and three naval drones in Huthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
It was earlier in the day, according to Huthi military spokesman Yahya Saree, that their troops had targeted two US destroyers in the Red Sea “with a number of naval missiles and drones.”
Saree posted on social media that the Huthis “will not stop until the aggression stops and the siege imposed on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.”
In November, they started targeting ships in the Red Sea, claiming they were targeting Israeli-affiliated ships to aid the Palestinians in Gaza, which has been devastated by the Israel-Hamas conflict.
After the Huthis declared that US and British interests were also acceptable targets, US and UK forces retaliated by attacking them.
Anger over Israel’s destructive campaign in Gaza, which started on October 7 in response to an extraordinary onslaught by Hamas, has spread throughout the Middle East and fueled bloodshed in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, and other countries backed by Iran.
