A US fighter aircraft shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired by from Houthi-controlled Yemen on Sunday, it has been reported.
The missile was headed for a US Navy Destroyer, USS Laboon, which has been active in the Red Sea. No injuries or damage was reported following the attack.
US Central Command said on X: “On Jan. 14 at approximately 4:45 p.m. (Sanaa time), an anti-ship cruise missile was fired from Iranian-backed Houthi militant areas of Yemen toward USS Laboon (DDG 58), which was operating in the Southern Red Sea.
“The missile was shot down in the vicinity of the coast of Hudaydah by US fighter aircraft. There were no injuries or damage reported.”
The news came after Yemeni sources claimed that eight people had been killed in an airstrike in northern Hodeidah including two Hezbollah terrorists from Lebanon, Sky News Arabic reported. The US has not confirmed the strike.
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