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Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted two American warships in the Red Sea on Monday. During this period, Iran-backed Houthi rebels carried out several missile and drone attacks on warships. The US Defense Ministry confirmed this on Wednesday.
Defense Ministry Press Secretary Pete Ryder said the attack on the warships took place while passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Gulf in the Red Sea. The ministry said that this attack on USS Stockdale and USS Spruance was foiled.
Pete Ryder said that at least 8 drones, 5 anti-ship ballistic missiles and 3 anti-ship cruise missiles were used for the attack.
Last month America attacked Houthis
On October 17, the US Air Force bombed the positions of Houthi rebels in Yemen. US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin had said that the Air Force targeted 5 targets near Yemen's capital Sanaa with B-2 stealth bombers.
According to Austin, President Biden had given instructions for this attack. These attacks were aimed at destroying the weapons of Houthi rebels. Houthi rebels also confirmed the attack. However, he did not give any information about the amount of loss incurred. Houthi's deputy head Nasruddin Amer had said that America will have to pay the price.
Just a month before the attack, the US had deployed B-2 stealth bombers at the secret military base Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
Houthis have been targeting ships since the war in Gaza
Israel has been attacking Gaza since October 7. In response, Houthi rebels are targeting ships of Israel's allies in the sea. According to CNN, till now Houthi rebels have attacked more than 100 ships in the sea.
Till now 2 ships have been sunk. 4 people had died in this. Apart from this, the United Nations had released a report in October saying that Houthi rebels are also collecting taxes from the ships to pass them safely.
Yemen's Houthi rebels are pressuring Israel to end the war.
Who are the Houthi rebels?
- Civil war started in Yemen in 2014. Its root is the Shia-Sunni dispute. The two communities have been at loggerheads since the beginning of the Arab Spring in 2011, which escalated into civil war, the Carnegie Middle East Center reports. In 2014, Shia rebels opened a front against the Sunni government.
- This government was led by President Abdrabbhu Mansour Hadi. Hadi seized power in February 2012 from former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had been in power for a long time after the Arab Spring. Hadi was struggling to bring stability to the country amid change. At the same time, the army split and the separatist Houthis mobilized in the south.
- In the race for dominance in Arab countries, Iran and Saudi Arabia also jumped into this civil war. On one hand, Houthi rebels got support from Shia dominated country Iran. So the government of the Sunni majority country Saudi Arabia.
- Within no time, the rebels known as Houthi captured a large part of the country. In 2015, the situation had become such that the rebels had forced the entire government into exile.
- Thanks to the support they are getting from Iran, the Houthi rebels have turned into a trend fighting group. The Houthi rebels have modern weapons and even their own helicopters.
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