US, French and British forces said they had downed dozens of drones in the Red Sea area overnight and on March 9 after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted bulk carrier Propel Fortune and US destroyers in the region.
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00:00 Britain's Defence Minister Grant Shapps said the UK had repelled yet another illegal attack
00:07 by the Houthi group.
00:09 He said its warship HMS Richmond shot down two Houthi drones in a night operation.
00:15 He said the UK and its allies will continue to take the necessary action to save lives
00:20 and protect the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.
00:23 British, US and French forces said they had downed dozens of drones in the area overnight
00:28 after the group targeted their vessels.
00:31 The Houthis said their operation on the US ship Propel Fortune and war destroyers was
00:35 a success.
00:36 "The Yemeni armed forces are continuing to carry out their military operations in the
00:43 Red and Arabian Seas until the aggression ceases and the Palestinian people in Gaza
00:50 are besieged."
00:53 The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since November
00:57 last year in what they say is a campaign against Israel's aggression in Gaza and in solidarity
01:03 with the Palestinians.
01:06 On March 5, cargo ship MV True Confidence was struck by Houthi missiles in the Gulf
01:11 of Aden.
01:12 Two of the sailors who died were Filipinos and the other was Vietnamese.
01:17 Some 21 people were rescued by a nearby Indian Navy vessel.
01:22 Meanwhile in Yemen, hundreds of civil servants took part in a military parade on Saturday
01:27 after completing a 12-day military training course conducted by the Houthis.
01:33 The training aimed to get the civil servants prepared for possible aggression against Yemen.
01:38 The Yemeni people have participated in various such programs since the start of the war in
01:44 Gaza.
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