Centcom: We targeted 5 offensive drones of Yemeni forces

report Mehr News Agency, the US military central command in the region known as CENTCOM in its virtual user account on the X network, details the confrontation It was paid by Yemeni drones attack.

In the Centcom statement related to yesterday’s operation, it is stated: “On 27 February, between 21:50. And at 22:55 (Sanaa time), American planes and a coalition warship shot down five attack drones of the Yemeni forces in the Red Sea. They did.”

In the continuation of this statement is added: “Centcom forces this drones have been identified that have taken off from areas in Yemen and have determined that they pose an imminent threat to merchant and US Navy and coalition ships in the region. These actions will protect freedom of navigation and make inter-international waters safer and more secure for U.S. naval and merchant vessels.”

Centcom did not elaborate on the operation.

While the US military operation in the Red Sea has faced internal criticism in the US Senate, and the US Senate representatives from the government Biden has been asked to get authorization from Congress for military action in Yemen.

Reuters has reported in this connection that American senators are asking the White House to obtain authorization from Congress to continue military operations in Yemen.

According to this report, members of the US Senate strategy Biden has been questioned in Yemen.

Chris Murphy, the chairman of the Middle East subcommittee in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, criticized the military operations of the Biden administration in Yemen without congressional authorization: “The Constitution requires Congress to authorize war … We are sworn to obey the Constitution.” If we believe that this is a military action, as I believe, then before we go to war, we must issue a permit.”

In addition to Murphy, another senator named “Ben Cardin” as chairman of the relations committee. The foreigner of the Senate also emphasized that the Biden administration should have obtained permission from Congress. In this connection, he said: “The government should have asked us for permission.” It is within our responsibility to respond to this request, and without the authorization of Congress, military operations in Yemen lack legal authorization.”

This is the first time that the representatives of the United States Senate military operations of the Biden government in the Red Sea and against Yemen has been questioned.

The military operations of the American coalition in the Red Sea and against Yemen, which started two months ago, have been criticized at the level between International is facing.

Last day, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, in his speech regarding the attacks The American-British coalition told Seman: America has no right to attack Yemen. He also said that Russia does not intend to justify these attacks regarding the attacks of Yemeni forces on American, British and Zionist ships in the Red Sea.

Lavrov added in a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Yemen: We do not justify the bombing of commercial ships, regardless of the reasons for this bombing, but at the same time, we cannot accept the aggressive actions of the United States and England. We cannot accept in this context. The US invasion of Yemeni territory occurs while this country “has no international authority for this.”

Lavrov called for the security of navigation in the Red Sea through political and diplomatic means and stressed that the attack on Yemeni soil will only worsen the situation.

He said: Ensuring the security of international sea in the Red Sea should be a priority for all responsible members. should be a global society and this problem should be solved through political and diplomatic means.

He added: The bombing of Yemen by Western countries only led to the expansion of the war and its consequences for the movement of civilian ships.

Lavrov also noted that until the end of this conflict and stabilization of the situation in the Red Sea, it is “most likely not possible” for several years to implement the road map to solve the Yemen crisis. started.