A French warship working within the Purple Sea has shot down two drones that have been launched at it from the Yemen coast, the defence ministry stated on Sunday.
It stated the multipurpose frigate Languedoc had intercepted and destroyed a primary drone at round 9:30 p.m. native French time on Saturday, and a second one round 11:30 p.m. at 110 km (68.35 miles) from the Yemen coast round Al Hudaydah.
Yemen’s Houthi motion stated on Saturday they might goal all ships heading to Israel, no matter their nationality, and warned all worldwide delivery corporations in opposition to coping with Israeli ports.
The Iran-aligned Houthis have attacked and seized a number of Israeli-linked ships within the Purple Sea and its Bab al-Mandab strait, a sea lane by which a lot of the world’s oil is shipped.
(Reuters – Reporting by Geert De Clercq, Modifying by Louise Heavens)
