Yemeni Houthis fired at American ships in the Red Sea for the third time.

For the third time in two days, the Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah fired rockets and attacked a group of American ships in the Red Sea with drones. This was announced on March 18 by Yahya Saria, a representative of the movement, in the Telegram channel.

"In response to the brutal aggression against our country, the Yemeni armed forces attacked the US aircraft carrier Harry Truman for the third time in the northern Red Sea, sending two cruise missiles and two drones. The American destroyer was attacked by one missile and four drones," he said.

Separately, the Yemeni official stressed that this was the third attack on US Navy ships by the Houthis in 48 hours.

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On March 17, it was reported that dozens of Yemeni Houthis from the Ansar Allah rebel movement were killed in US strikes on the territory of Hodeidah province, located in western Yemen. It is specified that the new US raids were directed against the Al-Salif area in Hodeidah at the Houthi factory in Salif. On March 16, the press service of the Yemeni Ministry of Health reported that the death toll from the US attack had increased to 53 people, 98 people were injured.