The United States confirms that Yemen’s Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement has delivered a missile strike on a US-owned tanker ship, Chem Ranger, in the Gulf of Aden, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said, Paralel.Az reports.

"On Jan. 18 <…> [Houthis] launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at M/V Chem Ranger," CENTCOM said on the X social network, formerly known as Twitter.

No damage or casualties have been reported.

According to the statement, "the crew observed the missiles impact the water near the ship."

It was the third Houthi attack on a commercial ship over the past three days, CENTCOM added.

Yahya Saria, a spokesman for Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi) rebel movement, said the attack occurred on Thursday, adding that one of the missiles directly hit the vessel. In his words, the attack came in response to US and UK strikes on Ansar Allah facilities in Yemen.