The military spokesman of the Houthis , a Yemeni group linked to Iran , Yahya Saree, announced that " a military operation targeted the American tanker Torm Thor in the Gulf of Aden with several missiles ". This is what Al Masirah, a Houthi-owned broadcaster, reports.

Saree added that “ some American warships in the Red Sea were targeted with several drones .”

The United States Central Command (Centcom) for its part says that the destroyer USS Mason shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile launched in the Gulf of Aden by the Houthis which probably had the oil tanker as its target.

(Unioneonline/vl)

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