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U.S. launches another strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen

US hits Houthis in Yemen

“US forces struck and destroyed four Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles,” Central Command said in a statement. “These missiles were prepared to launch from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and presented an imminent threat to both merchant and US Navy ships in the region.”

The drone strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis came after two commercial ships in the Red Sea were hit by missiles in the space of 24 hours. On Tuesday, the Greek-owned commodity carrier Zografia was hit by a missile while sailing in the south of the waterway. A day earlier, a US-owned bulk freighter called the Gibraltar Eagle was struck.

The latest US action came as the Biden administration seeks to balance the need to deter further attacks in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels against its desire to avert a wider Mideast war. It was a far more limited attack than the extensive airstrikes that the US and UK launched against targets in Yemen last week. President Joe Biden has said that military action sent a “clear message” to the Houthis.

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2 Navy SEALs missing after falling into water during mission off Somalia's coast

2 Navy Seals missingTwo U.S. Navy Seals were missing Sunday after they fell into the water during a nighttime boarding mission off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, officials said.

The incident came as the U.S. has been cracking down on Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, who have been attacking commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The Houthis, who control part of Yemen, have hit shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden 28 times since late November. The Houthis say the attacks are a response to Israel’s invasion of Gaza.

A U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details that have not yet been made public, told the Associated Press the missing SEALs were on a mission not related to Operation Prosperity Guardian, the U.S. and international mission to provide protection to vessels in the Red Sea.

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Guantánamo Bay is still open. This week, pressure ramped up to close it

Guantanamo Bay is still open

It was 22 years ago this week that the U.S. opened a military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold suspected terrorists after the 9/11 attacks.

That prison remains open today.

It still holds 30 men, many of whom have never been criminally charged, and there has still been no 9/11 trial.

So this week, a group of nearly 100 advocacy organizations sent a letter to President Biden urging him to finally close the facility.

One of them is the Center for Victims of Torture. Its director of global policy and advocacy, Scott Roehm, talks to NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer about why the prison is still open, and what is happening with the long-awaited 9/11 trial.

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Austin’s undisclosed surgery was for prostate cancer, Pentagon says

Sec. of Defense Austin

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin underwent surgery to combat prostate cancer, in an initial Dec. 22 hospital visit he kept secret from the White House, the Pentagon revealed Tuesday.

The cancer was detected during a routinely recommended health screening Austin had in early December, according to a statement from doctors John Maddox and Gregory Chesnut at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Austin was admitted to the medical center and “underwent a minimally invasive surgical procedure called a prostatectomy to treat and cure prostate cancer,” during which he was under general anesthesia.

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Marine Corps commandant undergoes open heart surgery

Marine Corps Gen. undergoes open heart surgery

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith on Monday underwent open heart surgery to repair a defect valve that caused his heart attack in late October, the Marine Corps announced.

Smith had successful surgery at an unnamed hospital “to repair a bicuspid aortic valve in his heart, which was the cause of his cardiac arrest on Oct. 29,” according to a Marine Corps statement.

“He is in good condition and continues to recover at the hospital among family members and his doctors. Following his rehabilitation, Gen. Smith will return to full duty status as Commandant,” the statement adds.

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Pentagon reveals that defense secretary has been hospitalized since Monday

Defense Sec. Austin has been in hospital since uesday

The US defense secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday due to complications after a minor elective medical procedure, his press secretary said, in the first official acknowledgement that Austin had been admitted five days earlier to Walter Reed national military medical center.

Air Force Maj Gen Pat Ryder said Friday that Austin was recovering well”, but it was not clear when the secretary would be released from the hospital.

The Pentagon’s failure to disclose Austin’s hospitalization is counter to normal practice with the president and other senior US officials and cabinet members. The Pentagon Press Association, which represents media members who cover the defense department, sent a letter of protest to Ryder and Chris Meagher, the assistant defense secretary for public affairs.

US sinks 3 Houthi boats in Red Sea after attack on merchant ship

Houthi boats sunk by USThe United States sunk three small Houthi boats in the Red Sea early Sunday morning following another attack on a merchant ship as tensions continue to rise in the region.

U.S. Navy helicopters from the USS Eisenhower and the Gravely responded to a distress call issued by the container ship Maersk Hangzhao — the second distress call the ship issued in less than 24 hours due to “being under attack by four Iranian-backed Houthi small boats,” according to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM said that the boats, which originated from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, fired at the Maersk Hangzhao and attempted to board the vessel after getting within 20 meters of the container ship.

The U.S. Navy helicopters were responding to the distress call and starting to give out verbal orders when the Houthi-controlled boats fired at them with crew-served weapons and small arms.  The helicopters sunk three of the four small boats and killed the crews, CENTCOM said.

“The U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense,” CENTCOM said in a statement.

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