Three U.S. warships came under attack on Friday off the coast of Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, but no one was hurt. The warships shot down nearly two dozen incoming missiles and drones while transiting a narrow entrance into the Red Sea.
Three U.S. warships came under attack Friday off the coast of Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have disrupted commercial shipping in the region, but no one was hurt, officials said. The warships shot down nearly two dozen incoming missiles and drones while transiting a narrow entrance into the Red Sea. None of the vessels was hit, and no sailors on board were hurt, a U.S. official told Fox News.
We did see a complex attack launched from the Houthis that ranged from cruise missiles and waves,' Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters Friday. 'My understanding is that those were either engaged in, shot down or failed.' The Stockdale and Spruance are part of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group that recently arrived in the Middle East from the Pacific. U.S. forces have struck back at Houthi militants on multiple occasions for nearly a year.
The Houthis recently attacked a Greek-flagged oil tanker, which carried four times the amount of oil that spilled from the Exxon Valdez in Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989. No major oil spill occurred, and officials said the fires on board the vessel were contained. The ship was towed into port after being adrift in the Red Sea for days with flames visible on deck. Following Friday's attack, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
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