US Destroys 4 Missiles in Strikes Against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis

The United States destroyed four ballistic missiles on Tuesday in a third round of strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen, the U.S. military said. The strikes at 4:15 a.m. local time on Tuesday came in response to an attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, a U.S.-owned Marshall Islands-flagged ship, on Monday. The third U.S. attack on the group since last week destroyed anti-ship ballistic missiles that U.S. Central Command said were ready to be fired at merchant and Navy ships navigating through the Red Sea and nearby waters. “These missiles were prepared to launch from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and presented an imminent threat to both merchant and U.S. Navy ships in the region,” U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday....