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US Sends Navy Destroyer to Patrol Off Yemen Amid Iran Tensions

by Reuters

   WASHINGTON --

   The United States has placed a Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen to
   protect waterways from Houthi militia aligned with Iran, two U.S.
   officials said on Friday, amid heightened tension between Washington
   and Tehran.

   The USS Cole arrived in the vicinity of the Bab al-Mandab Strait off
   southwestern Yemen where it will carry out patrols including escorting
   vessels, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
   Earlier this week the armed Houthi movement attacked a Saudi warship
   off the western coast of Yemen, causing an explosion that killed two
   crew members.