Bab al-Mandab, Yemen
28 May 2024

CENTCOM reported that the Houthis had launched seven anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) into the Red Sea, three of which hit “M/V Laax, a Marshall Island-flagged, Greek-owned and operated bulk carrier”. U.S. forces also downed five Houthi “uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) over the Red Sea”, in addition to destroying “two missile launchers in an Iranian-backed Houthi-controlled area of Yemen”.

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