Yemen Houthi rebels deny attacking US warship
Xinhua | Updated: 2016-10-13 15:22
SANAA -- Yemen's dominant Shiite Houthi rebels on Thursday denied targeting a US warship off the Yemeni coasts from territories they control, Houthi-controlled state Saba news agency reported.
"These allegations were baseless and the army as well popular forces have nothing to do with targeting the US ship," the Houthis said in a statement carried by the agency.
"The US allegations just came in the context of creating false justifications to pave the way for the Saudi-led coalition to escalate their aggression attacks (against Houthis) and to cover crimes committed by the aggression coalition against the Yemeni people and the all-out blockade," the statement said.
The Houthis said that their army and popular forces are "in full readiness to confront any further aggression" under whatever justification.
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