US forces struck an anti-ship missile in Huthi-held Yemen that they said was ready to fire early Saturday, hours after the Iran-backed rebels caused a fire on a British tanker in the Gulf of Aden with a similar munition.<\/p>\n
US and British forces have launched joint strikes aimed at reducing the Huthis’ ability to target vessels transiting the key Red Sea trade route — attacks the rebels say are in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel is at war with Hamas.<\/p>\n
Washington has also carried out a series of unilateral air raids, but the Huthis have vowed to continue their attacks.<\/p>\n
The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had carried out another strike early Saturday morning on a Huthi “anti-ship missile aimed into the Red Sea and which was prepared to launch”.<\/p>\n
“Forces subsequently struck and destroyed the missile in self-defense,” it added in a statement on social media platform X.<\/p>\n
The previous evening, the British oil tanker the Marlin Luanda was hit by missiles fired by Yemeni naval forces, said the Huthis’ military spokesman, Yahya Saree.<\/p>\n