Houthi missile damages oil tanker in Gulf of Aden, US hits Houthi target

By Reuters 27 January 2024, 5:17 am

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A Houthi anti-ship missile damaged an oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Friday but no injuries were reported and a US Navy ship was providing assistance, the US military says.

The Marshall Islands-flagged Marlin Luanda issued a distress call and reported damage, US Central Command says in a post on X, formerly Twitter. The USS Carney and other coalition ships were providing assistance to the oil tanker, it said.

About eight hours later, the US military destroyed a Houthi anti-ship missile that was aimed into the Red Sea and ready to launch, Central Command says.

The missile “presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and the US Navy ships in the region,” it says.