US-Owned Commercial Vessel Hit by Houthi Attack Drone

Yemen rebels have launched a fresh drone attack on a US-owned bulk carrier passing through the Gulf of Aden.

Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels shout slogans during a gathering to mobilize more fighters to battlefronts to fight pro-government forces, on June 18, 2017, in the capital Sanaa.Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images

Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Jan. 17 attacked a U.S.-owned commercial vessel traveling past the coast of Yemen, the U.S. military said.

The rebel group fired a drone that struck the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Genco Picardy, which was transiting through the Gulf of Aden, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.