U.S. says Houthi missile heading for warship in Red Sea downed amid strikes against Iran-backed rebels
CBSN
The U.S. military's Central Command said Sunday that it shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired from a Houthi-controlled part of Yemen toward the American warship USS Laboon as it operated in the Red Sea. It was the first acknowledged attack by the Houthis on a U.S. warship since the U.S. and U.K. militaries started striking the Houthis after weeks of attacks by the Iran-backed group on cargo ships in the crucial shipping corridor.
Those attacks appeared to continue Monday despite the U.S. and U.K. counterstrikes, however, with the British military's Maritime Trade Operations agency saying a commercial vessel was struck by a missile in the Red Sea.
The Houthis have been targeting international commercial vessels in the Red Sea with missiles and explosives-laden drones for weeks, claiming it as a legitimate response to Israel's ongoing war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
