On Wednesday, a US Navy cruiser close to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait reportedly shot down a drone that was fired from Yemen, the US military claimed, the latest in a series of threats from Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
According to US Central Command, the USS Carney, a Navy destroyer, shot down the drone, an Iranian KAS-04 that had been released from a Houthi-controlled region in Yemen and was moving for the vessel.
The ship was sailing in the southern Red Sea, heading for the...