U.S. Central Command said on Friday it destroyed two unmanned devices on Thursday while a ballistic missile was launched from an area controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen but fell into the Gulf of Aden.
One anti-ship ballistic missile was launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen into the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, with no injuries or damage reported by U.S, coalition, or commercial ships, U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday.
Arab media reports that Yemen's Houthis — who control much of the north of the country and part of its Red Sea coast —attacked a British oil tanker, the Andromeda Star. U.S. military sources indicated the ship was slightly damaged by three missiles fired by the Houthis.
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for striking the Andromeda Star oil tanker in the Red Sea, part of their solidarity with Palestinians amid the Gaza conflict. The ship sustained damage,
The attack follows an uptick in assaults launched by the Houthis in recent days after a relative lull in their monthslong campaign over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The United States military said Friday that coalition forces "engaged and destroyed" two drones in Huthi-controlled parts of Yemen after the Iran-backed rebels launched a ballistic missile into the Gulf of Aden.