Houthis attack two US destroyers — Pentagon

Houthi rebels from Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement attacked two US missile destroyers during their passage via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait on Monday, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said at a news briefing.

"On November 11, US Central Command forces successfully repelled multiple Iranian-backed Houthi attacks during a transit of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. During the transit, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale and USS Spruance were attacked by at least eight one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems, five anti-ship ballistic missiles and three anti-ship cruise missiles, which were successfully engaged and defeated; the vessels were not damaged, no personnel were hurt," he said.

Earlier, the Houthi movement’s military spokesman Yahya Saree said that the rebels had delivered rocket and drone strikes on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea. The Pentagon refuted this information.