Yemen's Houthis target two US destroyers

Yemen's Houthi movement announced on Wednesday that it had targeted in the Red Sea the Contship Ono, a Liberia-flagged container ship, along with two US destroyers in the nearby Gulf of Aden.

According to the group's military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, the Houthi air force launched drone attacks on the US destroyer Cole and fired ballistic missiles at the US destroyer Laboon. Saree also stated that ballistic missiles and drones were used to target the Contship Ono.