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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/22/yemen-houthis-red-sea-us-military/
Yemen's Houthis Undeterred by U.S. Campaign to Halt Red Sea Attacks
(Washington Post) Susannah George - Despite months of U.S.-led airstrikes against Yemen's Houthi fighters, they have continued to draw from an arsenal of increasingly advanced weapons to attack vessels in and around the Red Sea. Just this month, Houthi militants sank one ship and set another ablaze. They have launched swarms of drones at U.S. warships and deployed a remote-controlled boat packed with explosives, tactics and weapons associated with the group's patron, Iran. Referring to the faltering U.S. efforts to halt Houthi operations and protect global shipping, Gerald Feierstein, a former U.S. ambassador to Yemen who is now a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, noted, "Their ability to replace whatever we destroy is unimpeded and our ability to interdict materiel coming into the country negligible." Since November, the Pentagon has recorded more than 190 attacks on either U.S. military vessels or commercial shipping off the coast of Yemen, including nearly 100 since U.S. airstrikes began in January.