CENTCOM says US forces destroyed 10 Houthi attack drones, control station in Yemen

WASHINGTON — US forces conducted strikes in Yemen against 10 attack drones and a ground control station belonging to Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the US military says.

The strikes targeted a “Huthi UAV ground control station and 10 Huthi one-way UAVs” that “presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and the US Navy ships in the region,” the Central Command (CENTCOM) says in a statement, using an abbreviation for unmanned aerial vehicle.

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