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On Tuesday, Sanaa government forces announced two significant military operations, the first targeting the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham in the Arabian Sea and the second aimed at two American destroyers in the Red Sea.
In a televised statement, the spokesperson for Sanaa forces, Yahya Saree, said, “The missile force and drone units of the Yemeni Armed Forces, with God’s help, carried out two strategic military operations. The first operation targeted the U.S. aircraft carrier (Abraham) stationed in the Arabian Sea,” indicating that the attack involved several cruise missiles and drones.
Saree explained that the operation was launched “as the American adversary was preparing for hostile actions against our country.” He claimed the operation was successful in achieving its goals, saying, “The American aerial assault they had planned against our country was thwarted.”
Regarding the second operation, Saree stated it “targeted two American destroyers in the Red Sea with ballistic missiles and drones, achieving its objectives successfully by God’s grace.” He noted that both operations lasted eight hours.
He added, “The Yemeni Armed Forces hold the American and British adversaries responsible for transforming the Red Sea into a military tension zone and for its implications on maritime navigation.”
Saree affirmed the Yemeni forces’ right to defend themselves, stating their right to “confront and neutralize any hostile threats in the Red and Arabian Seas or any other area within range of Yemeni weapons.”
He reiterated that “Yemeni military operations will not cease until the aggression against Gaza is halted, the blockade on it is lifted, and the aggression against Lebanon stops.”
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported an attack on a vessel southwest of Hodeidah earlier on Tuesday. The UKMTO’s alert, shared on its website and monitored by Yemen Eco, stated, “We received a report of an incident approximately 70 nautical miles southwest of Hodeidah, Yemen, where the captain reported several explosions near the vessel.”
