Drone from Houthi-area destroyed

A top European Union military officer said that a frigate that's part of an EU miliary mission in the Red Sea to protect merchant shipping destroyed a drone launched from an area in Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels on Thursday morning.

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Austrian Gen. Robert Brieger, who is chair of the EU's military committee, said that it would be crucial for the bloc to 'conserve resources' over the long haul because the threat posed by Houthi attacks 'will not disappear' due to its connection to the Israel-Hamas war. "The task given to the military is simply to protect merchant ships and to show the