US Military Destroys Houthi Patrol Boats After Attack on Palauan-Flagged Cargo Ship

The U.S. armed forces said Thursday they destroyed two Houthi patrol boats, one unmanned surface vessel, and one drone over the Red Sea after the Iranian-backed group launched missiles at a Palauan-flagged ship. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees military operations in the Middle East, said that its forces also destroyed one air defense sensor in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. “It was determined these systems presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region,” CENTCOM said in a statement on June 13. This came as the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists launched two anti-ship cruise missiles from Yemen and struck the foreign bulk cargo carrier M/V Verbena in the Gulf of Aden, the U.S. military stated....