USS Carney (DDG-64) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer intercepted three cruise missiles and several drones launched from Yemen aimed at Israel.
The interception took place while in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen.
According to reports, the missiles were ultimately aimed at Israel and not the US destroyer.
This means that the Houthis, actually Iranian Guards, launched three missiles at Israel and several drones.
The Houthis do not have long-range missiles to reach and hit Israel.
But Iran has cruise missiles with a range of more than 2,000 km, the Soumar, as well as drones with a range of more than 2,000 km.
Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder confirmed that the USS Carney shot down 3 Land Attack cruise missiles as well as several drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi forces over the Red Sea.
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Attack on all three US military bases in Syria and Iraq
Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen news network reported that the Al-Tanf base, located in Homs Governorate, was targeted by three drones, but the extent of the damage is still unknown.
Sabereen News, a Telegram news channel associated with Iraq’s anti-terror Popular Mobilization units, also reported the incident.
The Al-Tanf base is located 24 km west of the al-Walid border crossing in the Syrian desert, along the Iraqi-Syrian border and the Jordanian-Syrian border.
Meanwhile, according to Sabereen, another base of US forces at the Koniko gas field in the eastern Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr was also targeted by rockets.
Informed sources said that several explosions were heard at this base, but no party has yet claimed responsibility for these attacks, he added.
The US Al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq was also attacked.
The Pentagon stressed that the US will take all “necessary actions” to protect US troops in Iraq and Syria after the attacks on US personnel.
