Smoke rises from the site of a strike on a mountain overlooking Sanaa, Yemen, on March 22, 2024. (Credit: Adel al-Khadher/Reuters)
US forces engaged six Houthi
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) over the southern Red Sea after
the group launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles toward a
Chinese-owned oil tanker, the US Central Command said on
Saturday.
Iranian-backed Houthis launched the missiles in the vicinity of M/V Huang Pu, a Chinese-owned oil tanker, the Central Command said in a post on X.
A fifth missile was fired toward the oil tanker, which issued a distress call, the Central Command said, adding that no casualties were reported in the incident and a fire on board was extinguished.
US forces then engaged six UAVs, five of which crashed into the Red Sea, and one flew inland into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the Central Command said.
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) over the southern Red Sea after
the group launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles toward a
Chinese-owned oil tanker, the US Central Command said on
Saturday.
Iranian-backed Houthis launched the missiles in the
vicinity of M/V Huang Pu, a Chinese-owned oil tanker, the
Central Command said in a post on...