DOHA, April 22. /TASS/. The Houthis from the Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah have delivered strikes on the US aircraft carrier groups led by the USS Harry Truman and USS Carl Vinson, spokesman for the group’s armed forces Yahya Saree said.
"Missile troops, drone units, and naval forces conducted two military operations against American aircraft carriers the USS Harry S. Truman and Carl Vinson and their associated ships in the Red and Arabian Seas, using cruise missiles and drones," he said in a statement posted on his Telegram channel.
According to the Houthi spokesman, these operations were carried out "in the context of resisting America’s aggression against Yemen and supporting the Palestinian people."
Apart from that, in his words, Houthi air defenses shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drone over the Hajjah governorate in northwestern Yemen. This was the seventh such drone downed by the rebels during this month, he added.
Following the escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah (the Houthis) wared Israel that it would shell its territory while barring ships associated with the Jewish state from passing through the waters of the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait until Tel Aviv ceased its military operation against Palestinian radical group Hamas in the embattled enclave. Since mid-November, dozens of civilian ships have been attacked by the Houthi in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
After a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in the Gaza Strip, the Yemeni rebels suspended strikes on Israel but following the breakdown of the ceasefire, the Houthis resumed attacks on ships associated with Israel and on targets in Israel’s territory.
On March 15, the US started to carry out massive strikes on Houthi facilities in Yemen based on an order from President Donald Trump. The US Central Command said that the goal was to defend American interests and restore freedom of navigation. In response, the Ansar Allah movement attacked the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the northern part of the Red Sea multiple times, using missiles and drones. There were no reports of damage to the vessel.