U.S. Strikes Yemeni Rebel Sites After Warships Are Targeted
- Radar sites in Houthi-controlled areas singled out, U.S. says
- U.S. Navy ship was targeted in failed attacks this week
The USS Mason conducts maneuvers as part of an exercise in the Gulf of Oman, on Sept. 10, 2016.
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The U.S. military directly entered Yemen’s war for the first time, launching three strikes on areas controlled by Yemen’s Houthi rebels after an American navy ship was targeted in two failed missile attacks this week.
The U.S. strikes from a guided-missile destroyer hit radar sites involved in “recent missile launches threatening USS Mason and other vessels” operating in international waters in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb strait, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement. The Houthis denied they were behind the attacks on the ships, according to a news agency under their control.