Red Sea attacks: US spends big shooting down Houthi drones
United States is attempting to stop crisis in the Red Sea from escalating into a regional war that could drag Saudi Arabia and Iran into Middle East conflict
The Times
More military firepower has been deployed by America in the past few weeks in the Red Sea than at any time in the past few decades, sources at the Pentagon have told The Times.
The United States is attempting to stop the crisis in the Red Sea from escalating into a full-blown regional war that could drag Saudi Arabia and Iran into the conflict.
The US has spent tens of millions in the past fortnight to block attempts by the Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen from provoking other players in the Middle East.
New recruits of the “popular army” in Amran
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The USS Dwight D Eisenhower carrier strike group, now in the Gulf of Aden, and USS Laboon, an extra guided-missile destroyer which has just arrived in the Red Sea, will also play
