WASHINGTON/CAIRO: US Central Command forces on Saturday (Jan 20) struck a Houthi anti-ship missile that was aimed into the Gulf of Aden and ready to launch, the US army stated, with the most recent spherical of strikes coming hours after the United States struck three other Houthi anti-ship missiles.
“US forces decided the missile offered a risk to service provider vessels and US Navy ships within the area, and subsequently struck and destroyed the missile in self-defense,” the US Central Command stated in a press release on X.
The incident, the most recent amid rising tensions within the Purple Sea and Gulf of Aden which have disrupted world commerce and raised fears of provide bottlenecks, came about round 0400 Yemen time (9am, Singapore time), the US Central Command added.
Hours earlier on late Friday, US Central Command forces carried out strikes in opposition to three Houthi anti-ship missiles that they stated had been aimed into the Southern Purple Sea.
Assaults by the Iran-aligned Houthi militia on ships in and across the Purple Sea for the previous a number of weeks have slowed commerce between Asia and Europe and alarmed main powers in an escalation of the struggle in Gaza.
The Houthis, who management most of Yemen, say their assaults are in solidarity with Palestinians underneath assault from Israel in Gaza.
