Cairo: American and French forces downed dozens of drones within the Pink Sea on Saturday after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis focused bulk provider Propel Fortune and US destroyers within the Gulf of Aden.
The Houthis have been attacking ships within the Pink Sea since November in what they are saying is a marketing campaign of solidarity with Palestinians throughout Israel’s struggle towards Hamas in Gaza.
The group’s navy spokesman Yahya Sarea mentioned in a televised speech on Saturday they focused the cargo vessel and “plenty of US struggle destroyers on the Pink Sea and Gulf of Aden with 37 drones”.
Houthi supporters attend a rally towards the US airstrikes on Yemen and the Israeli offensive towards the Palestinians on Friday. Credit score:
US Navy ships and plane shot down 15 uncrewed aerial autos (UAVs) by the Houthis within the Pink Sea space, US Central Command (CENTCOM) mentioned earlier on Saturday.
The navy was responding to a large-scale assault the group launched into the Pink Sea and Gulf of Aden between 4am and 6:30am native time, CENTCOM mentioned in a submit on social media platform X.
The UAVs have been decided to current “an imminent risk to service provider vessels, US Navy, and coalition ships within the area”, it mentioned.
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A French warship and fighter jets additionally shot down 4 fight drones that have been advancing in direction of naval vessels belonging to the European Aspides mission within the area, a French military assertion mentioned.
“This defensive motion straight contributed to the safety of the cargo ship True Confidence, underneath the Barbados flag, which was struck on March 6 and is being towed, in addition to different industrial vessels transiting within the space,” it mentioned.