Houthis launch new attack on ship flying American flag; A missile hit the Chem Ranger in the Gulf of Aden. TV channel reports this Al Masirah Referring to the statement of Yahya Saria, the military representative of the rebel Ansar Allah movement.
“The Yemeni Navy conducted an operation in which the American ship Chem Ranger was attacked with a large number of anti-ship missiles in the Gulf of Aden,” Saria said.
A Houthi spokesman claims to have confirmed that the ship was hit directly. Saria said the attack on Chem Ranger was a response to US and UK missile attacks on Yemen.
Before that, the armed forces of the Shiite movement Ansarullah (Houthis), which ruled in the northern and central part of Yemen, was attacked The US ship is near the Yemeni port city of Mukalla.
This was the third Houthi attack on American ships since attacks on their positions in Yemen a week ago.
Formerly Houthis announced It concerns the intention to attack merchant shipping in the Red Sea every 12 hours.