WASHINGTON: Multiple missiles were fired Saturday at three US warships in the Red Sea, but none hit any of the ships, the US military said, amid rising tensions with Yemen’s Huthi rebels.

The attempted missile strikes were the most serious escalation yet of America’s involvement in a deadly civil war that has killed more than 6,800 people, wounded more than 35,000 and displaced at least three million since a Saudi-led coalition launched military operations last year.

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