Houthis claim fresh strikes against US aircraft carriers

SANAA — Yemen's Houthis said in a statement on Tuesday that the group launched fresh attacks against two US aircraft carriers, and had shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the Yemeni northwestern province of Hajjah.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV that the group launched fresh attacks against two US aircraft carriers, from which the US military has been conducting airstrikes against Houthi targets across northern Yemen since mid-March.

"We carried out two military operations targeting the American aircraft carriers: the USS Harry S.Truman and USS Carl Vinson and their escorting warships in the Red and Arabian Seas, using cruise missiles and drones," Sarea said.