Flurry of Houthi missiles, drones fired toward Red Sea shipping vessels, Pentagon says

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Breaking down the Houthi drone attacks over the Red Sea Multiple missiles and drones fired in the direction of commercial vessels in the Red Sea were launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen Tuesday night, the Pentagon said, the latest in a series of such attacks that have been ongoing for months. There were no reports of damage or injury. Eighteen drones, two-antiship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile that were fired at about 9:15 p.m. local time by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels were successfully shot down, U.S. Central Command reported. The drones and missiles were shot down by a "combined...