WASHINGTON
\nA US Navy warship shot down a missile on Friday that was fired at it by Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthis, who have carried out two months of attacks on international shipping.
\nAccording to the US military, US and British forces carried out two rounds of joint strikes aimed at reducing the Houthis\u2019 ability to target vessels transiting a key maritime trade route and Washington has also launched a series of unilateral air raids, but the Houthis have vowed to continue their attacks.
\n\u201cIranian-backed Houthi militants fired one anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Carney in the Gulf of Aden,\u201d the US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement on social media.
\n\u201cThe missile was successfully shot down by USS Carney. There were no injuries or damage reported,\u201d Centcom said. The Houthis began targeting Red Sea shipping in November, saying they were hitting Israeli-linked vessels in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
\nThe Yemeni fighters have since declared US and British interests to be legitimate targets as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON A US Navy warship shot down a missile on Friday that was fired at it by Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthis, who have carried out two months of attacks on international shipping. According to the US military, US and British forces carried out two rounds of joint strikes aimed at reducing the Houthis\u2019 ability to target […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-383497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n