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Dozens more were injured in Sunday's strike near the Syrian border.

Iranian-backed Houthi militants fired an anti-ship cruise missile towards the Red Sea, which was shot down by the US Navys missile destroyer, USS Gravely. The incident occurred on January 30, with no reported injuries or damage. This follows the recent firing of three anti-ship ballistic missiles by the Houthis at the US Ship Maersk Detroit in the Gulf of Aden on January 24.

A US Navy warship shot down a Houthi anti-ship missile fired from Yemen toward the Red Sea, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.

Middle East News: Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed to have launched "multiple" missiles at a US warship in the Red Sea on Wednesday, following the US military's earlier ann

The missile firing came on the same day that leaders of a militant group directed its members to halt attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria.

Two of the units returned from overseas tours less than 16 months ago.

The Pentagon has conducted several rounds of preemptive strikes targeting Houthi missiles that were prepared to launch and presented a threat.

American forces destroyed a missile belonging to Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels on Wednesday that posed an "imminent threat" to US aircraft, the military said.US forces "struck and destroyed a Huthi surface-to-air missile that was prepared to launch" after determining that it "presented an imminent threat to US aircraft," US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.

The number of US soldiers injured in a drone attack on a US base in Jordan near the border with Syria has risen to 34, with eight people being evacuated, said the US Central Command (CENTCOM).

US President Joe Biden said the attack was carried out by "radical Iran-backed militant groups".