Houthis attack US oil tanker in Gulf of Aden

BY A STAFF REPORTER: Yemen's Houthis have targeted the US-flagged, owned, and operated oil tanker MV Torm Thor in the Gulf of Aden. Yahya Saria, a military spokesman for the Iran-backed group, said militants continued to attack shipping lanes in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Saria said the group had targeted the tanker with "several suitable naval missiles". " 

The US Central Command said the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen's Gulf of Aden.