US forces struck 10 drones in western Yemen that were preparing to launch.
The U.S. Armed Forces struck 10 drones in western Yemen as they prepared to launch, CBS television reported.
A high-ranking defence official in Bahrain told CBS that U.S. military F-18 fighter jets struck 10 drones.
Houthis from the rebel Ansar Allah movement had earlier launched a missile strike on a commercial ship in the Red Sea and attacked the US Navy destroyer USS Gravely with anti-ship missiles a day earlier. According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), the destroyer shot down the Hussein missile.