On February 17, US Army units successfully attacked 3 mobile anti-ship cruise missiles, 1 underwater drone, and 1 surface drone of Houthi fighters in Yemen.
The USA struck the Houthis in Yemen
The United States has carried out five strikes in self-defense in areas of Yemen controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
This is reported by the US Central Command.
According to the command, on February 17, US forces successfully struck:
three mobile anti-ship cruise missiles,
one underwater drone,
one surface drone.
This is the first use of drones by the Houthis that has been monitored since the attacks began on October 23, 2023.
The U.S. command also said it had determined that the missiles and drones posed an immediate threat to U.S. Navy ships as well as merchant vessels in the area.
US operation due to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea
Since November of last year, attacks by the Yemeni Houthis on commercial vessels connected to Israel have continued in the Red Sea. In January, the terrorist group struck the biggest blow. The US and British militaries repulsed the attack in the Red Sea.
In early January, the United States and Britain launched powerful strikes on targets associated with the Houthis in Yemen. This was in response to the Houthis' constant attacks on civilian vessels in the Red Sea.
On January 28, it was reported that a Houthi drone attacked a British warship in the Red Sea, and the very next day Yemeni Houthis reported that they allegedly attacked an American destroyer. However, the Pentagon denied the militants' statement.
Before that, on February 6, it was reported that a British cargo ship was attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea.
Already on February 7, the Houthis launched 6 anti-ship ballistic missiles from the territory of Yemen in the direction of two commercial ships in the southern part of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. They did not damage the ships, and one of the missiles was intercepted and shot down by the US military.
Two days later, the US military carried out a series of strikes on Houthi cruise missiles and surface-to-air drones in Yemen.
