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The Iran-aligned armed Houthi movement targeted a Saudi Arabian warship off the western coast of Yemen, the group's Al Masirah TV said on Wednesday.
"The naval force targets the Saudi Dammam ship," the broadcaster wrote on its Twitter feed.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, or comment from the Saudi-led coalition that is battling the Houthis in Yemen's civil war.
Four people were killed in a bomb explosion in Yemen’s southern city of Aden on Tuesday, according to a local security official.A device exploded as a vehicle was passing near a security checkpoint in the city, the official said on condition of anonymity because he was unauthorized to speak to media.Five people were also injured in the attack, which targeted a military vehicle carrying senior security official Rami Muthana al-Sumaidi, who was seriously injured in the blast, the official said.A Yemeni medical source earlier said four soldiers had been injured in the attack, two of whom were in a serious condition.Security forces cordoned off the scene of the attack following the explosion. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Aden is the temporary seat of the Yemeni government, which was forced to flee the capital Sanaa after Shia Houthi rebels overran much of the country in 2014. Since then, Yemen has fallen into a deadly civil war that has devastated the country’s infrastructure, including health and sanitation systems, prompting the UN to describe the situation as “one of the worst humanitarian disasters of modern times”.
Bomb blast kills 4 in Yemen’s Aden
U.S. drones reportedly struck a house in Yemen's central province of Marib, killing three armed fighters and injuring one.According to a security officer, who requested anonymity due to safety concerns, the armed group was in a meeting when it was targeted in the Rawda district.Their identities have not been determined yet.U.S. authorities have yet to make a statement on the matter.The U.S. frequently uses armed drones to conduct military operations against various armed groups in Yemen.The U.S. administration, however, notes in the statements that the operations are carried out against the al-Qaeda militants within the scope of the fight against terror.Yemen has been wracked by conflict since 2014, when Shia Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including capital Sanaa.The conflict escalated in 2015 when Saudi Arabia and its Sunni-Arab allies -- who accuse the Houthis of serving as Iranian proxies -- launched a massive air campaign in Yemen aimed at rolling back Houthi gains and shoring up the country’s pro-Saudi government.
US drones kill three in Yemen’s Marib: sources