US Navy Deploys another Destroyer to Bab el-Mandeb, Over Yemeni Sea-Mine Alert

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Defense-Update reports: The U.S. is bolstering its naval force operating off the Yemen coast and in the Bab El Mandeb straits connecting the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. The main concern is that the Houthis will try to block the narrow maritime lane with mines. “We’ve seen evidence that the Houthis are laying mines in the waters outside at least one of their ports. We officially have great concern for the freedom of navigation there” Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, told Stars & Stripes.

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