Saada, Yemen
8 March 2024

CENTCOM carried out strikes against “two Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists’ truck-mounted anti-ship missiles”, “four mobile Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) and one Houthi unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen”, in addition to downing three Houthi UAVs. CENTCOM also reported that the Houthis had “fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles from Yemen into the Gulf of Aden at M/V Propel Fortune, a Singapore-flagged, owned, and operated vessel. The missiles did not impact the vessel”.

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