The transport route around the southern tip of Africa was once little used — but freighters are now forced to take it and are charging higher rates.

Joint operation involved 16 ballistic and winged missiles as well as a drone, achieving ‘precise and direct hits,’ says group’s spokesperson - Anadolu Ajansı

The is no evidence the Houthis successfully struck a U.S. warship. All three commercial vessels escorted by the Navy reportedly are intact and en route to their destinations.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched multiple drones and a missile at three commercial ships being escorted in the Gulf of Aden by U.S. Navy ships, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The three U.S. affiliated flagged ships were sailing east toward Djibouti.