Washington:
The United States carried out another round of attacks against Houthi targets in Yemen on Wednesday, US officials told Reuters. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity and did not provide details on the target or how many missiles were launched.
Attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi militia on ships in the region since November have slowed trade between Asia and Europe and alarmed major powers.
The Houthis, who control most of Yemen, say they stand in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and have threatened to expand their attacks on US ships in response to earlier US and British attacks last week.
The US military said earlier on Wednesday that a drone launched from areas controlled by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck a US ship in the Gulf of Aden.
No injuries were reported and some damage was reported in the attack, U.S. Central Command said on X, formerly Twitter. The ship, the M/V Genco Picardy, is a “U.S. owned and operated Marshall Islands flagged bulk carrier ship,” according to US Central Command.
The United States on Wednesday placed the Yemen-based Houthi rebels back on a list of terrorist groups, as the militants also claimed another attack on a US-operated ship in the Red Sea region this week.
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