A US military ship shot down this Saturday in international waters of the Red Sea a drone launched from areas of Yemen controlled by the Shiite Houthi rebels, according to the Central Command of USA.
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The command of Defense Department American stated that he acted in “self-defense” and that no victims or damages were reported after shooting down the drone at approximately 9:30 in the morning in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.
“An unmanned aerial vehicle launched from Iran-backed Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen was shot down in self-defense by the USS LABOON (DDG 59),” Central Command detailed on the X social network.
The Central Command stressed that the drone was intercepted in international waters of the Red Sea southern “in the vicinity of multiple commercial vessels.”
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This Saturday, the head of state of the Shia Houthi rebels and senior commander of the Armed Forces, Mahdi al Mashat, assured that the “senselessness” that the United States committed by attacking them and killing ten of their members in the Red Sea last December will be responded to.
This was announced by the second in command after the supreme leader of the movement backed by Tehran, Abdelmalek al Huti, in a meeting with military leaders. Houthisaccording to the Yemeni channel and spokesperson for the group, Al Masira.
The ten Houthi fighters were killed after US forces attacked three militant boats in the Red Sea on December 31 in response to a distress call from the Singapore-flagged Maersk Hangzhou ship, which was under attack by rebels.
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This is the first direct confrontation in the Red Sea between the Houthis and the United States, which leads the naval coalition created last month to ensure international maritime trade, seriously affected after the main world shipping companies decided not to travel through this strategic route. through which around 15% of world trade passes due to the actions of the rebels.
