American forces targeted 4 anti-ship cruise missiles belonging to the Houthis (French)
Today, Friday, the US Central Command (Centcom) announced that its forces targeted 4 anti-ship cruise missiles belonging to the Houthis, and shot down 4 drones in the group’s areas of control in Yemen.
Centcom said in a statement - via the
She added that during this time frame, US Central Command forces shot down 3 drones that were launched from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen towards the Gulf of Aden.
She added that these measures were taken to protect freedom of navigation, make international waters protected, and safer for the US Navy and commercial ships.
Yesterday, Thursday, Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi announced that his group had targeted 61 Israeli, American, and British ships since the start of its operations in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
In solidarity with Gaza, which is facing a devastating Israeli war with American support, the Houthis targeted, with missiles and drones, Israeli cargo ships or those linked to them in the Red Sea, stressing their determination to continue their operations until the end of the war on the Strip.
Since the beginning of this year, the Washington-led coalition has launched raids that it says target Houthi sites in various regions of Yemen, in response to its attacks in the Red Sea, which was met with a response from the group from time to time.
With the intervention of Washington and London and the tension taking a noticeable escalation trend last January, the Houthi group announced that it now considered all American and British ships among its military targets.
Source: Agencies