Middle East, Houthis: US aircraft carrier attacked with missiles and a drone

Rome, Mar. 16 (LaPresse) – The Houthis have announced that, “in response to the US aggression against Yemen” they have attacked the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman “with 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and a drone, in a joint operation conducted by the missile force, the air force and the naval forces”. This was stated by a spokesman for the Shiite group, as quoted by the Yemeni agency Saba. The Houthis added that they “will not hesitate” to strike “all US warships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea in response to the aggression against our country and that, with the help of God, they will continue to impose a naval blockade on the Israeli enemy and to prohibit its ships from entering the declared area of operations until aid and basic necessities are delivered to the Gaza Strip”.