Via CNBC:
- U.S. Navy officials tell CNBC four warships from Operation Prosperity Guardian are engaged in the fighting
- Approximately 50 merchant vessels are in the area of the attack
- This is the largest attack to date launched by Iranian-backed Houthi militants against commercial shipping vessels
Houthi terrorists are targeting unarmed sailors on merchant vessels. Men and women just trying to do their jobs. Cowardly.