US Navy shoots down 24 Houthi missiles and drones launched from Yemen over Red Sea, US defense officials say
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy shot down a total of 24 Houthi missiles and drones launched from Yemen, according to two US defense officials, in one of the largest Houthi attacks to take place in the Red Sea in recent months.
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy shot down a total of 24 Houthi missiles and drones launched from Yemen, according to two US defense officials, in one of the largest Houthi attacks to take place in the Red Sea in recent months.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired their largest-ever barrage of drones and missiles targeting shipping in the Red Sea, forcing the United States and British navies to shoot down the projectiles
The Houthi attacks come as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Middle East in an attempt to contain the Gaza war and prevent a regional escalation.
Drones and missiles targeted shipping in the sea, but ships from the U.S. and British navies shot down the projectiles. No damage was reported. The rebels say they aim to stop Israel's war on Hamas
U.S. Central Command said on Jan. 9, at approximately 9:15 p.m. local time, the Iranian-backed Houthis launched a massive barrage targeting international shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
Eighteen drones, two-antiship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile were fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, but there were no reports of damage or injury, officials said.
Yemeni rebels defied an ultimatum from the United States and its allies, targeting commercial shipping lanes and apparently a UK Royal Navy warship with their largest drone and missile barrage yet.
The attack—one of the Houthi rebels’ largest to date—occurred just a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of “consequences” for continued assaults on ships.
U.S. destroyers shot down 24 drones and missiles fired by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, constituting the largest attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea so far.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels fired a barrage of drones and missiles targeting ships in the Red Sea late Tuesday, though the U.S. said Wednesday that no damage was reported.
The Iran-backed rebels launched at least 18 drones and three missiles in one of the biggest attacks targeting Red Sea shipping over the past few months.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday launched what the U.S. military described as "a complex attack" involving missiles and drones in the Red Sea, further raising already high tensions in the Middle East.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired their largest-ever barrage of drones and missiles targeting shipping in the Red Sea, forcing the United States and British navies to shoot down the projectiles in a majo…
By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy shot down 21 Houthi missiles and drones launched from Yemen, according to a statement from US Central Command, in one of the largest Houthi attacks to take place in the Red Sea in recent months.
