Houthis claim missile attack launched on US air carrier

Yemen's Houthis claim to have launched an attack on a US air carrier in response to earlier British and American strikes on its military bases.

- ALEXANDER BUTLER MATT MATHERS

The militant group said it has attacked the USS Dwight D Eisenhower ship in the Red Sea following strikes by London and Washington on targets in Yemen. A US defence official said they were not aware of any attack on the Eisenhower.

In a televised address Yahya Saree, the Houthis military spokesperson, also claimed that six US and British strikes have killed 16 people and wounded 41, including civilians. On Thursday, British and American forces struck Houthi targets in Yemen as part of an ongoing operation against the group’s targeting of commercial ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said intelligence confirmed two locations near Hudaydah were involved in the anti-shipping attacks, with buildings identified as housing drone ground control facilities and storage for long-range drones. A set of Houthi facilities at Ghulayfiqah, further south on the Yemeni coast, were also identified as being involved in the command and control of the group’s anti-shipping campaign.