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European forces destroyed nearly two dozen Houthi missiles and drones over the past year. The Houthis spent more than a year attacking shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
The missile was reportedly aimed at King Khalid International Airport. [7] A December 2017 report in The New York Times casts doubt on the official Saudi claim that this missile was successfully shot down. [18] The article cites a team of experts who allege that the missile's warhead was not intercepted and actually detonated near the airport.
The Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between the Royal Saudi Armed Forces and Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi forces that has been taking place in the Arabian Peninsula, including the southern Saudi regions of Asir, Jizan, and Najran, and northern Yemeni governorates of Saada, Al Jawf, and Hajjah, since the onset of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen in 2015.
The captain of the lead ship said the strike group destroyed over 100 Houthi threats during the deployment. These threats included missiles, drones, and small boats.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2024 missile strikes in Yemen Part of the Red Sea crisis (Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)) and the Yemeni civil war Location of airstrikes in Houthi-controlled territory (green) in Yemen on 12 January 2024 Date 12 January 2024 – present (1 year, 1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day) Location Houthi ...
Analyst Carl Schuster, a former US Navy captain, said the Houthi missile, traveling at about 600 mph (965 kph), was likely about 4 seconds from hitting the US warship when it was destroyed by what ...
The Houthis have targeted more than 80 vessels with missiles and drones since the war in Gaza started in October. They seized one vessel and sank two in the campaign that also killed four sailors. Other missiles and drones have either been intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition in the Red Sea or failed to reach their targets.
Two U.S. Navy destroyers shot down incoming Houthi missiles and drones that were targeting three U.S.-flagged commercial ships that the destroyers were escorting in the Gulf of Aden, the U.S ...