The US has been 'too passive' with the Houthis in the Red Sea and should go after their leaders, says retired US general

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Security soldiers guard during a protest backing the Houthis in Sana'a, Yemen on March 22, 2024.
Guards during a protest backing the Houthis in Sana'a, Yemen, on March 22, 2024.

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Houthi rebel footage appears to show a downed US Reaper drone worth $30 million. It marked the third loss in a month, a report said.

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A downed MQ-9 reaper drone
An image appears to show an MQ-9 reaper drone that Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed they downed.

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Yemen's Houthi rebels are menacing ships on the high seas

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A French helicopter shot down a Houthi attack drone in the Red Sea in March. Houthi rebels have since used their UAVs to threaten ships far beyond the Red Sea.
A French helicopter shot down a Houthi attack drone in the Red Sea in March. Houthi rebels have since used their UAVs to threaten ships far beyond the Red Sea.

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See the French warships defeating Houthi missile attacks

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French marines patrol the area around the French navy ship, the FS Languedoc
French marines patrol the area around the French navy ship, the FS Languedoc, in port in Djibouti.

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US admiral says the fight against the Houthis in the Red Sea is the largest battle the Navy's fought since World War II

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An aerial view of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower together in the eastern Mediterranean on November 03, 2023.
Vice Adm. Brad Cooper told 60 Minutes' Norah O'Donnell that the US Navy has committed about 7,000 sailors to the Red Sea.

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The Houthis have deployed underwater drones in the Red Sea, Defense Department says

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A photo of two aircraft carriers sailing next to each other.
The USS Gerald R. Ford (foreground) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (background).

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Sea drones are being used to smash Russia's navy, and now they're being used to threaten a US carrier strike group too

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The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) on November 26.
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on November 26.

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels are seizing on the Israel-Hamas war to recruit more child soldiers, watchdog reports

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A soldier loyal to Yemen's Houthi group guards supporters Feb. 6 in Sana'a, Yemen.
A soldier loyal to Yemen's Houthi group guards supporters Feb. 6 in Sana'a, Yemen. Human Rights Watch warns that the group is recruiting hundreds or thousands of more child soldiers as part of its confrontation with Israel and the US.

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The UK sent a new warship to the Red Sea to take over from a vessel that's been attacked three times by Houthi rebels

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HMS Richmond
The Royal Navy's HMS Richmond on route from Plymouth Sound.

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A Houthi missile got so close to a US destroyer the warship turned to a last resort gun system to shoot it down: report

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A Phalanx Close-In Weapons system on the US destroyer Gravely downed an incoming Houthi cruise missile on Tuesday. This image shows the CIWS during a live-fire practice by a guided-missile cruiser in November 2023.
A Phalanx Close-In Weapons system on the US destroyer Gravely downed an incoming Houthi cruise missile on Tuesday.
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