Footage has emerged showing a suicide drone striking an oil tanker approximately 100 nautical miles northwest of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah.
The incident represents another failure for Joe Biden's Operation Prosperity Guardian, aimed at curbing the Houthis' activities in the Red Sea.
Biden previously admitted that U.S. strikes in Yemen were not stopping Houthi attacks on global shipping but vowed to continue them anyway.
"When you say working, are they stopping the Houthis, no. Are they going to continue, yes," Biden told reporters in January.
The footage of the attack was released by the Iran-backed Houthis, who have been targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since November.
They claim these attacks are in solidarity with Palestinians amid the conflict in Gaza.Since Biden launched his ineffective campaign against them, their attacks have expanded to include targets in the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean.
In May, the Houthis even managed to capture a $30 million U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone, adding to the embarrassment of the U.S. in the region.
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