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U.S.: Iran Supplying Weapons to Yemen's Houthi Rebels
(NBC News) Courtney Kube - Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, the head of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, tasked with securing the waters off of Yemen, disclosed Thursday that Iran has supplied weapons to the Houthis in Yemen - including coastal defense cruise missiles like the ones that were fired at U.S. Navy ships earlier this month. The U.S. and partner nations have intercepted five weapons shipments from Iran that were headed to the Houthis in Yemen. In addition to cruise missiles, the weapons intercepted included thousands of AK-47s, reverse engineered Iranian missiles similar to TOW anti-tank missiles, sniper rifles, and higher end weapons systems.