Houthi rebels: US-led coalition downs 15 drones off Yemen. It was one of the largest attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels since November.
The “large-scale” attack occurred before dawn in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The drones posed “an imminent threat to merchant ships, the US Navy and coalition ships in the region,” US Centcom said in a post on the social network.. In December, the United States. announced a maritime security initiative aimed at protecting ships in. the Red sea against attacks by the Houthis.