The US military said it conducted a strike in self-defence against two Houthi drones in Yemen after a drone attack hit a base housing US troops in Syria.
“US forces identified the explosive USVs in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined they presented an imminent threat to US navy ships and merchant vessels in the region,” US Central Command said in a post on X.
Earlier, six Kurdish fighters were killed in a drone attack that hit the training ground at al-Omar base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour, the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said.
It accused “Syrian regime-backed mercenaries” of carrying out the attack. No casualties were reported among US troops.
It comes as the US conducted fresh strikes against a Houthi land attack cruise missile in Yemen on 4 February, according to the US Central Command.
Meanwhile, US secretary of state Antony Blinken met Saudi Arabia‘s crown prince in his fifth visit to the region since October amid talks aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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