Two US Navy SEALs are missing off the coast of Somalia. The newspaper writes about this washington post he cited current and former U.S. officials familiar with the situation.
According to them, on January 11, two American soldiers fell into the water while trying to board a ship in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. Sources said one of the sailors was “preparing to go ashore in rough seas” when he slipped off the ramp. The publication states that they have not yet been identified and there is no information about the ship.
According to the publication, the Pentagon is conducting a search and rescue operation.
One of the sources said the incident was unrelated to recent US and UK strikes in Yemen, the multinational Operation Prosperity Sentinel to protect the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, or the recent seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker.
Previously US Central Command (CENTCOM) statedIt was stated that two US Navy personnel conducting operations off the coast of Somalia were lost at sea.
It was previously reported that Yemeni Houthis attacked a US Navy ship in the Red Sea. failed.