2h 7min, may 31, 2024 y - Houthis Claim Launch of Missile Attack on US Aircraft

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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.

The militant group say 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 told Reuters they were not aware of any attack on the Eisenhower.

In a televised address Yahya Saree, the Houthis military spokesman, also claimed that six US and British strikes have killed 16 people and wounded 41, including civilians.

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