A fighter jet launched from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier during a strike against the Houthis in February A multiple-missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on two US warships has been thwarted, the Pentagon has said.

Houthi rebels launched drones and missiles at two U.S. Navy destroyers, according to the U.S. Defense Department.

Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted two U.S. Navy warships with multiple drones and missiles as they were traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but the attacks were not successful, the Defense Department said Tuesday.