The American military said it believes it is the first time such an undersea weapon had been used in the current conflict in the Red Sea. The United States struck five Houthi military targets, including an undersea drone, in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Saturday, the U.S. military announced on …

The Iran-backed militants claim to have also shot down an American drone. Yemen’s Houthi rebels shot down a U.S. drone and damaged a Belize-flagged, British cargo ship in their latest assault against commercial vessels, their spokesperson claimed Monday. The Iranian-backed group, which has been targeting commercial shipping since the outbreak …

The downing of the Reaper drone is another escalation of violence between the United States and Iran-backed groups. The Pentagon is investigating the cause of a crash of an American military surveillance drone off the coast of Yemen on Monday morning, two U.S. officials said. The officials, speaking on the …