Yemen's Houthis ramp up attacks on commercial shipping in Red Sea
STORY: Yemen's Houthis ramp up attacks on commercial shipping in Red Sea
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:42
LOCATION: Sanaa
CATEGORY: MILITARY
SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHYA SAREA, Houthi Military Spokesman
STORYLINE:
Yemen's Houthi armed group on Monday claimed responsibility for attacking a U.S. ship in the Gulf of Aden, a serious escalation of attacks in the crucial maritime region.
The strike, which involved the firing of "several missiles," was "accurate and direct," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement on the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV.
The Houthi group now "considers all American and British ships and warships participating in the aggression against our country as hostile targets" Sarea said.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHYA SAREA, Houthi Military Spokesman
"The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces (the Houthi forces), with the help of God Almighty, carried out a military operation targeting an American ship in the Gulf of Aden, with a num
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