
US military shoots down Houthi drones as Trump's strikes against terrorist group continue
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A senior defense official tells Fox News that U.S. warships intercepted and shot down around a dozen Houthi drones targeting the Truman Carrier Strike Group.
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The latest military action came after nearly a year and a half of attacks from Houthis, both on commercial merchant vessels and U.S. military ships. In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump wrote that he had "ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen."
"It has been over a year since a U.S.-flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden," Trump continued. "The last American Warship to go through the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the Houthis over a dozen times."