Two Navy SEALs are missing after a failed boarding mission near Somalia on Thursday searching for suspected Iranian weapons bound for Yemen, according to reports.
As the SEALs prepared to board a ship in rough seas, one of them slipped from a ladder and fell into the water. according to to washington post. A second SEAL jumped in after him. They have been missing since Thursday.
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John Kirby, Strategic Communications Coordinator, National Security Council; Said CBS News” Let's face the nation It was learned that the search was still continuing on Sunday.
“We're hoping to get an update today. But we're obviously monitoring this closely,” he said.
Kirby said the operation was part of a “conventional interdiction operation” that the United States has been conducting for some time to cut off the flow of arms supplies to Yemen.
John Kirby, Strategic Communications Coordinator, National Security Council (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
He said the operation was unrelated to recent U.S. attacks against the Houthis in Yemen and was aimed at thwarting the group's drone and missile attacks on U.S. and commercial vessels in the region. Ta.
But Pentagon officials have been vocal about Iranian support for Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have been targeting ships since October in retaliation for Israeli attacks on Hamas.
On Thursday, the United States fired more than 150 rounds of ammunition at 16 locations in Yemen in a pre-emptive strike against the group in response to drone and missile attacks.
A screenshot of this handout captured from a video shows Yemeni Houthi fighters hijacking the Galaxy Leader cargo on the Red Sea coast off Hodeidah in the Red Sea, Yemen, on November 20, 2023. . (Houthi movement, via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called the attack a “clear message,” but hours later the Houthis resumed attacks on U.S. warships and commercial vessels.
Mr Kirby pushed back against the idea that there is currently an “endless conflict” with the Houthis.
“Nobody wants a conflict with the Houthis. We don't want a conflict here with Yemen. We are trying to stop these attacks,” he said.
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