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Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted two ships, the MSC DEGO and the MSC GINA, in the Gulf of Aden using a number of ballistic missiles and drones.
Houthi followers participate in a parade as part of a 'popular army' mobilization campaign by the movement, in Sanaa, Yemen February 7, 2024. Reuters/Khaled Abdullah
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted two ships, the MSC DEGO and the MSC GINA, in the Gulf of Aden using a number of ballistic missiles and drones, the group's military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech on Thursday.
Sarea said the group also targeted the MSC VITTORIA in the Indian Ocean and again in the Gulf of Aden
Reporting by Nadine Awadalla
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