AL-MUKALLA, Yemen: US forces have destroyed several Houthi drones, long-range boats and ballistic missiles targeting ships in international trade channels.
The US Central Command said in a statement on Tuesday morning Yemen time that its forces destroyed three drones shot down by the Houthis from Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, as well as a drone others were destroyed in Houthi-controlled Yemeni territory. The US military also destroyed a drone ship, a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile launched by the Houthis in the Red Sea before they could reach their intended target by sea.
“These weapons have presented a clear and imminent threat to US and coalition forces, and merchant shipping in the region. This behavior continues to threaten stability and security in the region.” This is a reckless and dangerous attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis,” the US Central Command said in a statement.
In Sanaa, the Houthis did not claim credit for a new attack on ships in the Red Sea or the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, as they regularly do hours or days after their ship strikes. On Saturday, the Houthis resumed a two-week pause in their anti-shipping campaign by firing missiles at a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden. . According to the International Maritime Information Center, the Liberian-flagged cargo ship Groton was hit by two missile attacks on Saturday afternoon while sailing east of the port city of Aden. south of Yemen.
In a statement released by the militia's military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, the Houthis said the Groton was targeted because the company violated its ban on going to Israeli ports. -mother of the ship.
Houthi attacks on ships have been halted since July 20, when Israeli jets targeted oil storage facilities and other targets in Hodeidah, a Houthi-controlled city in western Yemen. Despite their frequent threats of retaliation for Israeli bombings, the Houthis have not announced any attacks on Israel or its ships in the past two weeks.
Since November, the Houthis have seized a commercial ship, sunk two others, and launched dozens of missiles, drones and drones at commercial and naval vessels in international trade lanes outside the Yemen, claiming to be in solidarity with the Palestinian people against Israel. war in Gaza.
Meanwhile, Rashad Al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, said on Monday that his government had changed its strict economic measures against Sanaa banks to promote “the interests of the people”.
In a surprise move that sparked outrage in Yemen, the Yemeni government accepted a UN-brokered deal with the Houthis to lift sanctions on banks in Sanaa and allow Yemeni Airways, the country's national airline, to fly. , to increase flights from Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport. to Jordan, Egypt and India, reversing an earlier pledge to punish banks in Sanaa that refuse to move their headquarters to government-controlled Aden, the interim capital.
“We are in the midst of an economic war, and the President's Leadership Council has determined in full confidence that these options may need to be reversed in order to prioritize the interests of the Yemeni people above all other interests, Al-Alimi said in an interview. State-run Hadhramaut.
The Yemeni leader also said his government had accepted a UN peace plan, known as a road map, to end the war in Yemen, and praised the Saudi-led coalition for restoring peace. legal in Yemen for helping the Yemeni government and its allied forces. liberating the Yemeni region from the Houthis.
“We agreed on a roadmap and now the ball is in the court of the Houthis, who continue to oppose peace,” he said, adding: “If it wasn't for Operation Decisive Storm and their resistance and sacrifice the Yemenis, the militia. will rule over the whole of Yemen. “
