The United States on Friday destroyed an anti-ship ballistic missile fired
“from areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis”
towards an American military ship in the Gulf of Aden, the United States military Command in the Middle East (Centcom) announced.
The missile was heading towards the location where an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer was located and it was destroyed without causing
“neither injuries nor damage
,” Centcom said on
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, after weeks of tensions in the Red Sea, an essential artery. to international trade.
Britain's maritime security agency UKMTO reported that two missiles exploded near a ship off southern Yemen on Friday.
Maritime risk management company Ambrey also reported an
“explosion”
in the same area, about a meter from a Panama-flagged, India-affiliated oil tanker.
American forces, sometimes jointly with the United Kingdom, have carried out a series of strikes targeting the Houthis who have increased attacks in recent weeks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, saying they are thus supporting the Palestinians in Gaza, a bombed territory and totally besieged by Israel.
Supported by the United States, Israel is waging a devastating war in the Palestinian territory following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli soil.
Close to Iran, the Houthis control a large part of Yemen, after nearly a decade of war against the government, which caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.