[Regnum] A United States ship and military boats of Houthi supporters from the Ansar Allah movement that rules northern Yemen collided in the Red Sea. Sky News Arabia reported this on January 1,citing Yemeni sources.“Violent clashes are occurring between Houthi warboats and a US warship in the Red Sea,” the report said.
At the same time, a source from the Al Jazeera TV channel in the Houthi group Ansar Allah, in turn, denied information about clashes with a US warship in the Red Sea.
Earlier , Regnum reported that according to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), the American destroyer USS Gravely shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles in the Red Sea, fired from Yemen.
It was clarified that the missiles were launched on December 30 from areas controlled by the Houthis in Yemen. They tried to attack the container ship MAERSK Hangzhou under the flag of Singapore, owned by Denmark.
On the morning of December 31, the UK Navy's Maritime Trade Coordination Center (UKMTO) reported that two explosions occurred off the coast of Yemen, west of Hodeidah. The UKMTO clarified that the ship was not damaged and was sent to its destination port.
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