
2 US Navy SEALs Missing off Somalia’s Coast Were Hunting for Iranian Weapons, Official Says
Two U.S. Navy SEALs went missing off the coast of Somalia last week while on a mission to board a ship suspected of carrying Iranian weapons for Houthi-controlled Yemen, according to a defense official. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Jan. 13 that search and rescue operations had been launched to locate two U.S. Navy sailors who went missing during operations on Jan. 11. “For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete,” CENTCOM stated in a press release. During an interview with CBS News on Jan. 14, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the missing sailors were Navy SEALs on an interdiction mission to intercept the flow of weapons to Yemen....
