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US Forces Strike Houthi Anti-Ship Missiles in Yemen, CENTCOM Says
US Forces Strike Houthi Anti-Ship Missiles in Yemen, CENTCOM Says
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States struck anti-ship missiles of the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) in Yemen, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a... 09.03.2024, Sputnik Africa
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Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, whose members are also known as Houthis, vowed in November 2023 to attack any ships associated with Israel until it halts military actions in the Gaza Strip. This led the United States to announce a multinational operation to secure navigation in the Red Sea. US and UK forces later launched numerous strikes against Houthi positions in a bid to degrade their ability to target commercial vessels.Russia slammed the anti-Houthi operation as a "complete disregard for international law" by Western countries "for their own destructive purposes."
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US Forces Strike Houthi Anti-Ship Missiles in Yemen, CENTCOM Says
06:24 09.03.2024 (Updated: 12:55 09.03.2024) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States struck anti-ship missiles of the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) in Yemen, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on X.
Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, whose members are also known as Houthis, vowed in November 2023 to attack any ships
associated with Israel until it halts military actions in the Gaza Strip.
This led the United States to announce a multinational operation to secure navigation in the Red Sea. US and UK forces later launched numerous strikes against Houthi positions in a bid to degrade their ability to target commercial vessels.
Russia
slammed the anti-Houthi operation as a "
complete disregard for international law" by Western countries "for their own destructive purposes."
