Iran-backed Houthi rebels attack Saudi warship in Red Sea

Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked a Saudi warship in the Red Sea Monday, killing two sailors and wounding three others, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.

The Saudi frigate, Al Madinah, was conducting routine operations in the southern Red Sea when the attack occurred.

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It is unknown if the ship was hit by a missile or by suicide attack after being rammed by a small boat, officials told Fox News.

The U.S. military was monitoring the situation. The Saudi frigate was able to continue her transit despite the damage, according to the official.

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The attack came one day after President Trump spoke to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman.

Iran launched a ballistic missile Sunday in defiance of a U.N. resolution that ordered the Islamic Republic to stop such tests, U.S. officials revealed to Fox News.

In October, U.S. Navy warships came under missile attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the same area of the southern Red Sea just north of the Bab al Mandab Strait.

For the first time in history, a U.S. destroyer successfully shot down incoming enemy missiles using SM-2 missiles in the October attack.

Days later Tomahawk cruise missile launched from the USS Nitze destroyed the Houthi radar installations responsible for firing on the U.S. warships.