A US warship patrolling the Red Sea intercepted multiple attack drones launched from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen on Thursday, the US Central Command has said.

“On the morning (Yemen time) of November 23, the USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) shot down multiple one-way attack drones launched from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen,” Centcom said on X, previously Twitter. “The ship and crew sustained no damage or injury,” it added.

The Huthis have declared themselves part of the “axis of resistance” of Iran’s allies and proxies and have launched a series of drones and missiles towards Israel after the start of the war in Gaza.

 A picture taken during an organised tour by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Nov 22, 2023 shows the group’s minister of information, Dhaifallah Al-Shami (4th L), inspecting the Galaxy Leader Cargo ship, seized by Houthi fighters two days earlier, while docked at a port on the Red Sea in Yemen’s province of Hodeida. — AFP
A picture taken during an organised tour by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Nov 22, 2023 shows the group’s minister of information, Dhaifallah Al-Shami (4th L), inspecting the Galaxy Leader Cargo ship, seized by Houthi fighters two days earlier, while docked at a port on the Red Sea in Yemen’s province of Hodeida. — AFP

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