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The United States Central Command successfully destroyed four unmanned aerial systems (UAS) launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen on Thursday, the US Central Command said.
The Indian Navy has responded to the manifestation of the Israel-Hamas conflict in the maritime domain by re-orienting and significantly enhancing the scope of its ongoing maritime security operations since mid-December 2023 under the aegis of 'Operation Sankalp'.
Port management said 60 of the 120 dockworkers will be laid off as Red Sea shipping has dwindled. The Histadrut, the umbrella organization of Israeli labor unions, is due to hold a protest at the port on Wednesday.
Two sailors lost their lives in a Houthi missile strike on a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday (local time), Al Jazeera reported, citing UK and US officials.
The damage caused to undersea cables in the Red Sea, following the Houthi strikes in the region, is disrupting global telecommunications networks and forcing internet providers to reroute as much as a quarter of traffic between Asia, Europe and the Middle East, reported CNN.
The missile was prepared to be launched from Houthi controlled areas of Yemen towards the Red Sea and presented an 'imminent threat' to US aircraft in the Red Sea.
According to US Central Command, the forces identified these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) originating from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined that they posed an imminent threat to merchant vessels and to the US Navy and coalition ships in the region.
It said that these actions are taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for US Navy and merchant vessels.
The US forces and the United Kingdom Armed Forces, with the support of several other countries, conducted strikes against 18 Houthi targets in Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist-controlled areas of Yemen, according to the US Central Command.
Armenia is ideally positioned to offer India an alternative sea trade route, especially with Europe, Narek Mkrtchyan, the country's minister for Labor and Social Affairs, said on the sidelines of the ninth edition of the Raisina Dialogue in the national capital on Wednesday.
The US Central Command forces located and destroyed a surface-to-air missile launcher in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen at approximately 5 pm on February 19.