The Sounion had been a disaster in waiting in the waterway, with 1 million barrels of crude oil aboard that had been struck and later sabotaged with explosives by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

The US Navy blasted several guided missiles at Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen from a warship in the Red Sea on New Year’s Eve, impressive video shared by US Central Command shows.

The United States recently conducted airstrikes against Houthi rebel targets, intensifying the ongoing conflict, reports Digi24. The US military announced it had attacked two underground weapons depots belonging to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

American forces have struck Houthi depots in Yemen where advanced weaponry was being stored. The depots were located underground, US Central Command reports. “US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted multiple precision strikes against two Iranian-backed Houthi underground Advanced Conventional Weapon (ACW) storage facilities within