Houthis target coalition warship

on August 14, 2017

Another port attack raises concerns.

Yemen’s Houthis target coalition warship, agency reports

DUBAI (Reuters) – The armed Houthi movement and their foes in Yemen’s civil war, the Saudi-led coalition, on Saturday gave conflicting accounts of a Houthi attempt to attack shipping in the Red Sea port of al-Mokha.

The Houthi-controlled state news agency SABA said the Houthi navy targeted and hit a warship belonging to the coalition inside the port.

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Source: reuters.com

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