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27 January 2024 Military News

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  • UPDATE: Fire Extinguished on M/V Marlin Luanda Following Houthi Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Attack CENTCOM 27 Jan 2024 -- Yesterday, the Iranian-backed Houthis struck the Marshall Islands-flagged, Bermuda-owned M/V Marlin Luanda with an Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) in the Gulf of Aden. Marlin Luanda is transporting for commercial use a cargo of Naphtha, a highly flammable liquid hydrogen mixture. Following the missile strike, a major fire ensued in one of the cargo holds. USS Carney (DDG 64), the French Navy Frigate FS Alsace (D656) and Indian Navy Frigate INS Visakhapatnam (DD66) all responded quickly, providing critical firefighting material and assistance to the civilian crew, who had depleted their organic firefighting capability. The multinational crew, the lives of which the Houthis endangered, was made up of 22 Indian and 1 Bangladeshi crew members.
  • U.S. Conducts Self-Defense Strike Against Houthi Anti-Ship Missile CENTCOM 27 Jan 2024 -- On Jan. 27 at approximately 3:45 a.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command Forces conducted a strike against a Houthi anti-ship missile aimed into the Red Sea and which was prepared to launch. U.S. Forces identified the missile in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, and determined it presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and the U.S. Navy ships in the region. U.S. Forces subsequently struck and destroyed the missile in self-defense. This action will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S. Navy vessels and merchant vessels.
  • Houthis Strike M/V Marlin Luanda Operating in the Gulf of Aden CENTCOM 27 Jan 2024 -- On Jan. 26, at approximately 7:45 p.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists fired one anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and struck the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker M/V Marlin Luanda. The ship issued a distress call and reported damage. USS Carney (DDG 64) and other coalition ships have responded and are rendering assistance. No injuries have been reported at this time.
  • US, UK launch fresh strikes against Yemen IRNA 27 Jan 2024 -- The United States and the United Kingdom have carried out a fresh round of airstrikes against Yemen.
  • US carries out new airstrike on Yemen IRNA 27 Jan 2024 -- The US Military has conducted a new strike on Yemen amid escalating tensions in West Asia over the Israeli regime's war against Palestinians in Gaza.
  • US, UK conduct new joint airstrikes on targets in Yemen Press TV 27 Jan 2024 -- US and British forces have conducted new joint airstrikes on targets in Yemen, hours after the United States military said it had destroyed an anti-ship missile in the country following a missile attack on a British oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden.
  • US CENTCOM Says Conducted Strike Against Houthi Anti-Ship Missile Aimed Into Red Sea Sputnik 27 Jan 2024 -- The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had struck a Houthi anti-ship missile aimed into the Red Sea.
  • US attacks Yemen after operation against UK tanker in solidarity with Palestinians Press TV 27 Jan 2024 -- US forces have attacked Yemen, hours after a British oil tanker was struck with a missile and set alight in the Gulf of Aden after transiting the Red Sea.
  • US Forces Launch Attack on Houthi Anti-Ship Missile VOA 27 Jan 2024 -- The U.S. Central Command said early Saturday its forces struck an anti-ship missile it said was in Houthi-held territory and "aimed into the Red Sea and which was prepared to launch."

  • Iraqi Islamic Resistance conducts rocket attack on US base in Syria IRNA 27 Jan 2024 -- The Iraqi Islamic Resistance has targeted a US military base in Koniko gas field in eastern Syria with rockets.
  • Iraq's Islamic resistance attacks US bases in Syria IRNA 27 Jan 2024 -- Iraq's Islamic resistance has announced that it attacked two military bases of the United States in Syria by drones.

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