WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -. RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky US assured that it was the Yemeni rebels fired Huthis their ships in the Red Sea, told reporters, a senior US official.
"We have no doubt that it Huthis fired the missiles on our ships," - the official said in a conference call, talking about the response by the US strikes in Yemen. Previously, the Pentagon has evasively answered the question of who exactly fired the American ships.
"We emphasized that these attacks (the US in Yemen - Ed.) Were taken in self-defense, we respond to the provocation the militia-Huthis.", - The official said.According to him, the US is not going to support actions led by Saudi Arabia coalition against Huthis or start a broader military action.
On the eve of the US hit three radar-controlled Huthis in Yemen on the Red Sea coast. According to the statement of Washington, radar data were used for the recent attacks on American ships and other ships Mason. Yemeni Huthis previously stated that rockets attacked the US warship had not been started up from their territory.
In Yemen in 2014 of armed conflict, in which on the one hand engage the rebels - Shiite movement "Ansar Allah" (Huthis) and loyal to ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the army, and on the other - the government forces and militias loyal to President Abd Rabbo Mansur Hadi.
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