The US navy has sent one of its aircraft carriers to the sea off the Yemeni coast, amidst reports an Iranian naval convoy is carrying arms for Houthi rebels.
A US spokesperson said the ship would not stop the Iranian convoy, and said the deployment was to secure trade routes in the region.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier, and a guided-missile carrier, the USS Normandy, will join other vessels in the Arabian Sea off Yemen, US officials said.
"We believe these vessels may have arms and equipment on board. If they are delivered to Yemen, it will further destabilise" the country, the official was quoted by AFP as saying.
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