News - Yemen: The former Deputy Foreign Minister, Hussein Al-Ezzi, described the withdrawal of the U.S. aircraft carrier from the Arabian Sea as a "positive step."  

He stated that these measures serve as a foundational guarantee for sustainable security, referring to Washington's decision to withdraw the aircraft carrier Lincoln from Yemen's coasts. 

USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is leaving the Red Sea waters, after it came under sustained retaliatory missile and drone attacks from Yemeni naval units last week.

According to the United States Naval Institute (USNI), the Nimitz-class warship has entered the US 7th Fleet, departing West Asia without a carrier for just the second time in over a year.

USS Abraham Lincoln’s departure from the Red Sea waters comes after the spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces announced in a statement on November 12 that the country's naval units had carried out two major military operations against US warships in retaliation for American and British attacks on the country and in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese nations amid Israeli atrocities.

Brigadier General Yahya Sarea said the first operation targeted the American aircraft in the Arabian Sea with a number of cruise missiles and drones.

He emphasized that the operation was successful and thwarted planned US attacks against Yemen.

Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine’s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after the territory’s Palestinian resistance movements carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have said they will not stop their attacks until Israel’s ground and aerial offensives in Gaza end.

So far, Israel has killed at least 43,922 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 103,898 others in Gaza.