SANAA: US forces struck an anti-ship missile in Houthi-held Yemen that they mentioned was prepared to fireplace early Saturday (Jan 27), hours after the Iran-backed rebels brought about a hearth on a British tanker within the Gulf of Aden with the same munition.
US and British forces have launched joint strikes geared toward lowering the Houthis’ capability to focus on vessels transiting the important thing Pink Sea commerce route – assaults the rebels say are in help of Palestinians within the Gaza Strip, the place Israel is at battle with Hamas.
Washington has additionally carried out a sequence of unilateral air raids, however the Houthis have vowed to proceed their assaults.
The US navy’s Central Command (CENTCOM) mentioned it had carried out one other strike early Saturday morning on a Houthi “anti-ship missile aimed into the Pink Sea and which was ready to launch”.
“Forces subsequently struck and destroyed the missile in self-defence,” it added in a press release on social media platform X.
The earlier night, the British oil tanker the Marlin Luanda was hit by missiles fired by Yemeni naval forces, mentioned the Huthis’ navy spokesman, Yahya Saree.
“The strike was direct, and resulted (in) the burning of the vessel,” he added.
CENTCOM later confirmed the hit, saying: “The ship issued a misery name and reported harm. USS Carney (DDG 64) and different coalition ships have responded and are rendering help. No accidents have been reported presently.”
Earlier on Friday, the Houthis fired an anti-ship ballistic missile from Yemen in the direction of the Carney within the Gulf of Aden, CENTCOM mentioned.
“The missile was efficiently shot down by USS Carney. There have been no accidents or harm reported,” it added.
