Houthis claim direct hit on US warship as vessels attacked in Red Sea
US and allied naval forces have been involved in near daily clashes with the Iran-backed militia | Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed to have fought off two US warships, reporting a “direct hit” on one of them while the vessels were “protecting two American commercial ships” in the Red Sea on Thursday, the group’s spokesman said. The US said it intercepted missiles fired at two ships operated by Maersk, the shipping company that handles about 15 per cent of container shipping globally.
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