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U.S. forces, allies shoot down more than 2 dozen Houthi drones in Red Sea
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-forces-allies-shoot-down-several-dozen-houthi-drones-red-sea/
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The U.S. military and its allies shot down a flurry of at least 28 drones in the Red Sea fired by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen early Saturday, the Pentagon said.
The drones were fired over an approximately four-hour period from about 4 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. local time, U.S. Central Command reported on social media.
U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps posted video to social media early Saturday showing what he said was the British warship HMS Richmond using missiles to shoot down two Houthi drones.
“The UK and our allies will continue to take the action necessary to save lives and protect freedom of navigation,” Shapps wrote.
In response, the U.S. and U.K., with the support of coalition forces, have launched four rounds of airstrikes on Houthi military targets in Yemen dating back to mid-January.
The Biden administration earlier this year declared the Houthis to be a “specially designated global terrorist group,” reversing part of an earlier decision by the U.S. State Department in February 2021 that removed that designation.
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