Houthis Claim Ballistic Missile Attack on 5 Saudi Warships Near Yemen's Mocha Port

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have announced that they launched a ballistic missile attack on five Saudi Arabian warships.

Neither the Saudi government nor its military has yet made any specific remarks regarding the attack.

The Houthi rebels stated that on the 17th local time, they used ballistic missiles to target five Saudi warships, including one landing craft and four frigates, near Mocha Port on the Red Sea.

The missiles were reportedly fired from Ibb and Taiz provinces in southern Yemen.

Mocha Port is a major port in Yemen located near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on the Red Sea coast, and is considered a key geopolitical location.

Recently, the Houthi rebels have been focusing their attacks on this area.

The Houthis announced that on the 9th, they carried out missile and drone attacks targeting Saudi military troop assembly points and weapon depots in Mocha.

On the 15th, the Mocha Port administration announced that it was suspending port operations due to continuous Houthi attacks, which resulted in 7 deaths and approximately 16 million dollars (approx. 22.7 billion KRW) in damages.

Last month, the Houthis blamed Saudi Arabia for an airstrike on the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital of Sanaa airport and declared the end of a truce signed in 2022.

Since then, on the 20th of last month, citing retaliation against Saudi Arabia's blockade of Yemen, they declared a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea and have been attacking Saudi-related vessels.

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