DUBAI, December 27. /TASS/. Yemeni Houthi rebels launched anti-ship missiles at the United cargo ship, the movement’s spokesman Yahya Saria said.

"The Yemeni Navy carried out an operation against the United commercial ship, which was attacked by anti-ship missiles," he told the Al Masirah TV channel.

According to the spokesman, the Houthis attacked the ship after it ignored the demand to change course three times. Saria also said that the Houthis will continue to attack Israel-affiliated commercial ship, despite the establishment of the US-led international coalition for protection of the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.

According to the Marine Traffic, the United carried the flag of Liberia. Last time, the ship transmitted its location at 16:12 (local time) on December 26. At that moment, the ship was in the southern part of the Red Sea not far from the Yemeni port of Hudaydah.