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US downs Houthi missile in latest Red Sea attack

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USS Laboon sailing into Souda Bay, Greece. [AFP photo]

The U.S. military said Sunday it shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen toward a U.S. Navy destroyer in the southern Red Sea.

U.S. Central Command said fighter aircraft shot down the missile near the coast of the port city of Hodeida. There were no reports of injuries or damage, CENTCOM said.

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