A U.S.-owned commercial vessel was hit with a bomb from a suicide drone in the Red Sea on Wednesday, marking the second time this week that an American ship has been struck by the Iranian-backed Houthis.
“At approximately 8:30 pm (Sanaa time) Jan. 17, an assessed one-way attack [Unmanned Aircraft System] was launched from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen and struck M/V Genco Picardy in the Gulf of Aden,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement. “M/V Genco Picardy is a Marshall Islands flagged, U.S. owned and operated bulk carrier ship.”
“There were no injuries and some damage reported,” CENTCOM added. “M/V Genco Picardy is seaworthy and continuing underway.”
On Monday, Houthi terrorists fired an anti-ship ballistic missile, hitting a U.S.-owned and operated container ship off the coast of Yemen.
The missile hit the M/V Gibraltar Eagle, a Marshall Islands-flagged ship,…
