CCTV News reported that the Houthis in Yemen said on the 23rd that the United States and Britain carried out another round of attacks on "Jabana" in the northern part of Yemen's Hodeidah province.
Yemen's Houthi group claims to have attacked two ** in the United States.
Yemen's Houthi spokeswoman Yahya Sareya said in a statement on the evening of the 23rd that the Houthis used missiles to attack two US ships and accurately hit the target. The seized U.S. ships were the "Sea Champion" and the Navis Fortuna. The available maritime information indicates that the "Champion of the Seas" is a Greek-flagged bulk carrier, while the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Navis Fortuna.
Yahya Saraya also said that the British tanker "Ruby", which was attacked earlier, had completely sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Picture: CCTV News Client: Yemen's Houthi group released an American unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.
The Houthis shot down an American drone.
Yemen's Houthi organization (Housea Housea) issued a statement in Yemen on the morning of the 23rd that the Houthis shot down an American unmanned MQ-9 "Reaper" with missiles in Hodeidah province under their control, and then fired another missile that hit the British "Ruby", causing serious damage.
The British Maritime Association said it had received reports of sailors abandoning ship. Yahya Sareya said in a statement that the attack was carried out by the Houthis.
He also said that the Houthi's "air defense system" used an American MQ-9 Reaper drone, which was shot down while "the plane was on a hostile flight."
The Houthis claimed on November 8 last year that it had shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper, a large reconnaissance and strike drone.
U.S. ** Command: The Houthis launched 2 anti-ship missiles into the Red Sea on the 22nd.
On February 19, the U.S. ** command said in a statement released on its social media ** that from 21:30 to 22:45 Sana'a time on the 18th, the Houthis carried out two attacks on a British bulk carrier flying the Belize flag from the direction of the Red Sea in Yemen controlled by the Houthi group. It is reported that a missile hit the ship and caused damage to it.
The United States announced five airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen.
The U.S. ** command issued a statement on the 18th, saying that from 15:00 to 20:00 on the 17th Sana'a time in Yemen, the U.S. military carried out five attacks on Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles, an unmanned submarine and an unmanned boat in Yemen. [Previous information].
The U.S. command said it had found the Houthi-controlled group in Yemen and believed they posed an "imminent danger" to U.S. and commercial vessels.
The European Union launched a Red Sea escort.
At the meeting of the European People's Party held in Berlin, Germany, von der Leyen announced on the 23rd that the EU would escort the Red Sea.
The European Commission also issued a statement on the 19th, announcing that it would officially start the "Red Sea" escort on the same day. The aim of the move is to guarantee maritime security and freedom of navigation, especially for commercial vessels, the statement said. The one-year escort mission will be carried out under the leadership of the operational command in Larissa, Greece, on important shipping routes such as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz, as well as in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and other international waters.