Houthi-led Yemeni government mounts attack against US aircraft carrier in Red Sea
YEMEN’S armed forces targeted the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, they announced yesterday, in retaliation for US-UK air strikes on Yemen which had caused numerous casualties the previous day.
Yemen’s military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said: “In response to these crimes the missile force and the naval force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a joint military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier Eisenhower.”
There are no reports of casualties on the US war vessel.
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