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The US military has launched a new wave of strikes against targets controlled by the Houthi terrorist organization in Yemen.
US officials said Wednesday's strikes by US ships and submarines, the fourth wave of attacks in as many days, directly targeted the Iran-backed Yemen-based group as the conflict between Israel and Hamas risks spreading to the East. medium.
The strikes launched from the Red Sea hit more than a dozen targets, US officials said. The attacks come after the United States put the Houthi movement back on its list of terrorist organizations. Sanctions against terrorist organizations are intended to cut them off from financial resources. Despite sanctions and military strikes, including a large-scale operation on Friday by US and British warships and aircraft that struck more than 60 targets across Yemen, terrorist organizations The Houthis continue their campaign of attacks against commercial and military ships.
The latest incident occurred on Wednesday when a kamikaze drone launched from an area controlled by the Houthi movement in Yemen hit the US-owned Marshall Islands-flagged M/V Genco Picardy transport ship in the Gulf of Aden. The United States has issued strong warnings to Iran to stop arming the Houthi movement.
A raid on a sailing ship by US forces on Thursday cut off Iran's supply of ballistic missile parts to the Houthi movement, the United States said. Two US Marines are still missing after one was knocked overboard by a large wave during the seizure and the other jumped in to save his colleague. Pentagon spokesman General Pat Ryder said Wednesday that the US will continue military action to prevent further attacks by the Houthi movement.
"They are taking advantage of this situation to carry out attacks against ships from more than 50 countries around the world. We will continue to work with our partners in the region to prevent attacks or deter them in the future," the Pentagon spokesman said.
Since the American and British operations on Friday, there have been several incidents in the region. Over the weekend, the Houthi movement fired a missile at a US destroyer, which eliminated the threat. On Monday, the terrorist group attacked a US merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden and on Tuesday shot down a ship sailing in the Red Sea under the flag of Malta.
The United States responded on Tuesday by shooting down four ballistic missiles that were being prepared for launch and posed a threat to merchant and US naval vessels in the region. A few hours later, the Houthi movement claimed responsibility for the attack against the Maltese-flagged transport ship Zografia. The ship continued sailing and announced that there were no injuries./ VOA
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