US destroys Houthi drone and ship in Yemeni areas of country under Houthi control

September 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported on Saturday that a Houthi drone and an unmanned ship were destroyed in parts of the country under the control of the rebel group.

“Over the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces have successfully destroyed a Houthi-backed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and an unmanned surface vessel (USV) in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen,” the U.S. military said in a post on social media.

Washington justified its intervention by saying that “these systems represented a clear and imminent threat to US and coalition forces, as well as to merchant ships in the region.”

In this regard, CENTCOM has argued that its purpose has been to “protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer.”

The Houthis, who have controlled the Yemeni capital Sanaa and other areas in the north and west of the country since 2015, have launched several attacks against Israeli territory and against ships with some kind of Israeli connection following the offensive unleashed against Gaza after the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

They have also attacked US and British ships and other strategic assets in response to the bombings of Yemen by these countries, an intervention that Washington and London have based on their desire to guarantee the safety of navigation in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.