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American military forces protecting Red Sea shipping launched an airstrike against Houthi rebel bases inside Yemen.

US forces defeated an attack by Yemen-based Houthi rebels on a trio of merchant ships and two destroyers in the Gulf of Aden.

The American Apparel & Footwear Association said the U.S. should do more to protect Mideast shipping as attacks on vessels spur “unsustainable” higher costs and delays.

Iran has denied responsibility for the attacks carried out early yesterday morning on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, the sea immediately adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry slammed the U.S. accusations as “baseless”. Maritime security experts say commercial ships are impossible to defend.