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US destroys two Houthi ships in Red Sea

World Materials 14 August 2024 05:59 (UTC +04:00)
Ingilab Mammadov
Ingilab Mammadov
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BAKU, Azerbaijan. August 14. The targets were eliminated within 24 hours, the US Central Command noted, Trend reports.

Over the past 24 hours, the US military has destroyed two vessels belonging to the Yemeni Ansar Allah (Houthi) rebel movement in the Red Sea.

"Over the past 24 hours, CENTCOM [U.S. Central Command] forces destroyed two Iranian-backed Houthi vessels in the Red Sea," the Х.

Following the escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the Ansar Allah movement warned that it would strike Israeli territory and prevent ships affiliated with it from passing through the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait until the operation in the Palestinian enclave ceased. Since mid-November last year, the Houthis have attacked dozens of civilian ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. In response to Ansar Allah's actions, the US authorities announced the formation of an international coalition and the launch of an operation to ensure freedom of navigation and protect ships in the Red Sea..

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