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Joe Jackson with W.G. Dunlop in Washington

UK, US Forces Repel 'Largest Attack' Yet By Huthis In Red Sea

The US guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon is one ship in the multinational naval task force protecting Red Sea shipping from Huthi attacks, which are endangering a transit route that carries up to 12 percent of global trade (Credit: AFP)

US and UK forces have shot down more than 20 drones and missiles over the Red Sea launched by Yemen's Huthis, in what London branded Wednesday the "largest attack" yet by the Iran-backed rebels.

The Western allies' warships and planes took out 18 drones and three missiles in their latest Red Sea military intervention on Tuesday, the US military said.

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