The rebels fired more than a half dozen ballistic missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles and two drones at three U.S. ships that were traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but all were intercepted by the Navy destroyers, according to several U.S. officials. R...
The assault apparently targeted the USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that has been involved in the American campaign against the rebels.
An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea, and a nearby Saudi-flagged tanker also came under fire, allegedly by the group.
Houthi rebels Israel-Hamas war Yemen No weapons were seen, but the "suspicious approach" happened in an area 80 nautical miles southeast of Aden in Yemen, according to the agency. A statement from US Central Command said: "Since 19 November 2023, Iranian-backed Houthi militants have attemp...
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The Houthis have surface-to-air missiles — such as the Iranian missile known as the 358 — capable of downing aircraft. Iran denies arming the rebels, thoughTehran-manufactured weaponry has been found on the battlefieldand in sea shipments heading to Yemen for the Shiite Houthi rebels de...
Since the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing at least 1,200 people and sparking theIsrael-Hamas war in Gaza, Houthi rebels, who control large swaths of Yemen, have launched dozens of drone and missile attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf ...
US shoots down Iranian-backed ballistic missiles Officials said Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired toward a container ship. Hours later, four boats tried to attack the same ship, but U.S. forces opened fire, killing several of the armed crews. The U.S. military said Sunday it shot down two ...
The attacks come as theU.S. Navy faces the most intense combat it has seen since World War IIin trying to counter the Houthi campaign — attacks the rebels say are meant to halt theIsrael-Hamas warin the Gaza Strip. However, the Iranian-backed rebel assaults often see the Houthis targe...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going after weapons systems, bases and other equipment belonging to the Iranian-backed rebels, U.S. officials confirmed.