Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for new missile attack on US ship

Yemen’s Houthi group on Friday claimed responsibility for carrying out a missile attack on a US ship in the Gulf of Aden.

“The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces (Houthis) carried out an attack targetting a US ship (Chem Ranger) in the Gulf of Aden with several appropriate naval missiles, and the hit was accurate,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement telecasted by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.