Baku-APA. The US has targeted radar sites in Yemen in response to missile attacks on the American guided-missile destroyer Mason from the Houthi-controlled territory, a Pentagon spokesperson said, APA reports quoting sputniknews.
According to Cook, the strikes were authorized by US President Barack Obama and were a response to the recent missile launches threatening USS Mason and other vessels operating in international waters in the Red Sea.
According to Cook, the strikes were authorized by US President Barack Obama and were a response to the recent missile launches threatening USS Mason and other vessels operating in international waters in the Red Sea.
The first attack against the Mason and the amphibious warship Ponce from the rebel Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen took place on Sunday.
On Wednesday, US media reported that Mason came under a second missile attack and had to use countermeasures to defend itself. Since 2014, Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between forces loyal to the government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Houthi rebels. The last attempt at peace talks between the warring sides held in Kuwait in August failed.
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