Yemen’s Houthi rebels have attacked American warships in the Middle East with a combined drone and cruise missile strike, the Pentagon confirmed on Friday. Earlier in the day, the military group claimed to have struck three US destroyers heading toward Israel in the Red Sea.
Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh confirmed that US Navy ships were attacked but insisted that no damage was inflicted.
“We did see a complex attack launched by the Houthis that ranged from cruise missiles to UAVs,” she said during a press briefing on Friday. “My understanding is that those were either engaged and shot down or failed; at no time did any hit a US ship.”
The Houthis targeted three US Navy…