Cairo, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi spokesman Yahya Sarrea said in a statement on Feb. 25 that the Houthis fired multiple missiles at a U.S. oil tanker sailing in the Gulf of Aden and used drones to attack several U.S. ships sailing in the Red Sea.
Sareya said the Houthis attacked the oil tanker Tomsol. Sareya also said the Houthis would launch "more qualitative attacks on hostile targets" in the Red and Arabian Seas.
The US ** Command issued a statement on the evening of the 24th, saying that the US missile destroyer "Mason" intercepted a missile that tried to attack the oil tanker "Tomsol" in the afternoon of the same day. The missiles did not cause damage to the crew or hulls of the Tomsol and Mason.
The Houthi-controlled Masira TV channel25** said that the United States and Britain had struck targets in Yemen's capital Sana'a, Taiz province in central China and Hajjah province in the north, causing civilians**. The U.S. Command confirmed that U.S. and British warplanes attacked targets such as "underground arsenals, missile depots, drone facilities, air defense systems and radars" in the Houthi-controlled area on the night of the 24th.
According to the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency 25**, the spokesman of Iran condemned the new round of air strikes launched by the United States and Britain on Yemen on the same day, saying that the attacks violated the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
After the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict last October, Yemen's Houthi rebels used drones and missiles to repeatedly attack targets in the Red Sea waters. Since January 12 this year, the United States and the United Kingdom have launched several airstrikes against Houthi targets. (Participating reporter: Shadati).