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Attacks on merchant ships by Iranian-backed Yemeni militia in the Red Sea have caused havoc with global supply routes

US military forces shot down more than a dozen attack drones and several missiles fired by Yemen-based Houthi rebels at shipping in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Earlier, the rebels claimed responsibility for a missile strike on a vessel in the Red Sea and a drone attack toward Israel in solidarity with Gaza.

Houthi forces in Yemen launched another round of drones and missiles at U.S. and coalition forces in the Red Sea, the U.S. military said.

The U.S. Department of Defense also said the precision strikes were in response to attacks on U.S. troops in Syria, also by Iranian-aligned militants.

(The Center Square) – The U.S. military struck targets connected with Iranian-backed militias in Iraq after a Christmas Day drone attack injured four U.S. troops on Monday.

An Indian-flagged crude oil tanker was hit by a drone fired by Houthi militants in the Southern Red Sea, the US military said on Dec 23, adding that no injuries were reported from the strike.

CNN  —  A chemical tanker operating in the Indian Ocean was struck by an Iranian attack drone Saturday, a US Department of Defense official said, the seventh Iranian attack on commercial shipping since 2021.

Pentagon accuses Iran of targeting a Japanese-owned tanker, signaling heightened risks to shipping beyond the Red Sea.

The Iranian foreign minister said that this and other recent maritime attacks are a ‘Yemeni decision in support and defence of Gaza’.

The official said the IDF believes it has taken all “feasible” precautions to warn civilians – only this time, “feasible” is more limited.