The US Central Command (USCENTCOM) announced that it was able to destroy a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) in Yemen. In the past 24 hours, US Central Command forces successfully destroyed one UAV in an area under Houthi control in Yemen, USCENTCOM said in a statement via the X platform. "It was determined this system presented an imminent threat to US and coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region," it added. On Dec. 2023, the US formed a multinational coalition to protect maritime traffic in the Red Sea, after the Houthi group announced that it would target vessels linked to the Israeli entity in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, and then expanded its operations to include vessels linked to the US and UK, after strikes carried out by the two countries against their sites in Yemen. Source: Qatar News Agency