Yemen's Houthis say they have conducted six operations in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean

Yemen's Houthi rebels have carried out six operations, targeting a US aircraft carrier, a US destroyer and three merchant ships in the waters of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, their spokesman for military affairs, Yahya Shari, announced yesterday Saturday 1/6. According to Mr Shari, the group “targeted the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower with missiles and drones”, for the “second time” in the “last 24 hours”, while also attempting to attack a US destroyer in the Red Sea. Also, three merchant ships, the Abliani, Maina and Aloraiq, were targeted, respectively the first two in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea and the third in the Indian Ocean. The day before Friday, the Houthis announced that they would escalate their attacks against ships moving off the coast of Yemen, following new US and British airstrikes against their positions, in which 16 people were killed, according to them. Since mid-November, the Iranian-backed Yemeni Shiite militia Ansar Allah (“Supporters of […]
Source: News Beast

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